Aylsworth Drakkant DE Razor, DFS pass around

I had my final shave with the Drakkant this morning on a three day beard growth with the same Feather blade and Barrister And Mann Leviathan (omnibus) - finished with Thayers and Captain's Choice Cat o'Nine Tails Bay Rum and a little Stirling Lime    I had another superb shave, BBS again.  It doesn't seem to matter how much growth I have because the Drakkant just mows it down on the first pass leaving the second and third passes more or less the same whether you had one, two or threes days growth.  I enjoyed trying out the Drakkant and I hope everyone else participating in this pass around enjoys it as much as I did.  Thank you andrewjs18  for organizing this and thank you Kaleb AylsworthRazors  for allowing the DFS community to try out the Drakkant - I wish you all the best with the project. 

That's awesome Mark! Thank you so much for taking part, and really glad you enjoyed your time with the Drakkant!

Received the razor today. Can’t wait for tomorrow morning’s shave


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The Drakant Razor arrived today.  I will shave with it tomorrow.  From Roy UT to Phoenix to San Francisco back to Phoenix back to San Francisco to Tacoma to Seattle in 5 days.  USPS first class mail is all screwed up.

I’m in! In CA.

You should see the route my recent Chisel and Hound acquisition took 

My morning shave went well. Two days growth removed efficiently in one pass, with minimal blade feel. 
I used a new Feather blade, and one of the Gentleman's Nod sample soaps included in the package.  
The cutting angle is narrow, but I had no trouble finding and holding it.  I really like the handle; 
it is very grippy, but if I had my choice it would be 10 mm shorter.  I would also eliminate the concavity on top of the topcap.  It serves no purpose, makes the head thicker, and can accumulate debris.

The shave was excellent with a Feather blade, but I don't think it would have been as good with a milder blade.  For my next shave (Friday morning) I'm going use a milder (Voskhod) blade and see if my suspicions are correct.

The second shave went well.  The Voskhod blade performed better than expected, but some touch up buffing was required, unlike with the Feather.  I still managed to get a good one pass shave from the Drakkant Razor.    I used the same Gentleman's Nod "Vincent" soap as with the first shave.  It's an excellent shave soap, which I highly recommend.  Since this is a very forgiving razor, for the third (and last) shave I'm going back to the Feather blade and put two shims under it to widen the blade gap and maybe increase the blade exposure.

The second shave went well.  The Voskhod blade performed better than expected, but some touch up buffing was required, unlike with the Feather.  I still managed to get a good one pass shave from the Drakkant Razor.    I used the same Gentleman's Nod "Vincent" soap as with the first shave.  It's an excellent shave soap, which I highly recommend.  Since this is a very forgiving razor, for the third (and last) shave I'm going back to the Feather blade and put two shims under it to widen the blade gap and maybe increase the blade exposure.

Ooooh! Excited to hear what happens when you increase the gap and go back to the Feather. Do you know what gap you'll be aiming for with the shims? I'm actually having a heavy (.98 mm) plate and open comb heavy plate prototyped along with the production razors, with hopes of having them released in late summer or early fall.

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I have no way of measuring the gap.  It will be 0.73 mm + the thickness of 2 shims made from Feather blades.  It should increase the blade gap, and possibly change the angle of attack, but not alter the blade exposure or blade reveal.  I'll report back on Sunday morning.  

AylsworthRazors
I have no way of measuring the gap.  It will be 0.73 mm + the thickness of 2 shims made from Feather blades.  It should increase the blade gap, and possibly change the angle of attack, but not alter the blade exposure or blade reveal.  I'll report back on Sunday morning.  

Blades are around .1 mm thick, so the shims should add roughly .2 mm to the gap, bringing it to roughly .93, without increasing the exposure.