HomelikeShaving Taiga Adjustable Razor tester....

CK89 To be fair if I remember correctly  LOOT had asked to be added to the pass around and the list was full so I’d think he’d be given first choice to fill the spot that Dave in KY gave up.

Just my 2 cents

I have already asked him, before my list post and note. 
He said that he likes the razors with more blade feeling, he changed his mind to attend this pass-around.

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CK89 To be fair if I remember correctly  LOOT had asked to be added to the pass around and the list was full so I’d think he’d be given first choice to fill the spot that Dave in KY gave up.

Just my 2 cents

I have already asked him, before my list post and note. 
He said that he likes the razors with more blade feeling, he changed his mind to attend this pass-around.

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Yeah, I passed. Thanks.

Okay this go-around I started on what would be 5 out of 8 settings, the way I see it. First pass with a Nacet blade 1st use. It really wasn't that smooth and that may have been the blade choice but it but it kept pretty well all the same. I was pretty choked up on the handle with this pass and it seemed I accidentally turned the dial back a bit.
    2nd pass was ATG and I dialed it back a little bit to what would have been like the  4th setting,  I believe it got smoother , and I didn't know if that was the blade breaking in a bit or the setting, maybe both.  
      3rd pass was on 4th setting, the ATG here went good, and was a bit rougher than the previously used feather blade. Don't really think this Nacet was the blade for me today. Sometimes I find a Nacet little bit rough, sometime not. 
    I realized that the handle screws on to the right. Now that being said about the handle the very bottom piece which tightens the top cap screws on regular threaded to the right which to me seems like it wants to loosen the handle as you tighten the top cap. To my way of thinking that shouldn't be the way  the threading goes. In my opinion as you tighten the top cap down it should lend itself to turning the handle tight also, not loosening the handle as you tighten the top cap. 
   I really like the way it holds a blade in with the slits fitting off of the top cap through the blade, adjustment plate and and it appears to go down into the base plate part also. These rail type post hold it all together good. 
   One more thing the small black dot on the dial indicator is very difficult to see.
  Kind of a heavy razor for me but this thing is built solid they did a great job, and also I believe it's 316 stainless steel. That's the good stainless steel.
   Thanks again Homelikeshaving for this prototype usage, very nice interaction. I did order the three-piece razor, by the way.
   Thanks CK89 for this chance also. Very cool thanks buddy!
      
 

Dragonsbeard , I don't know why I thought you were directly after me with this pass around. I can see clearly now on the list, my apologies for that one my friend.

Dragonsbeard , I don't know why I thought you were directly after me with this pass around. I can see clearly now on the list, my apologies for that one my friend.

No problem my friend.

The Taiga razor is on the move to Olegausany I sent it today.

Is this razor lost in post office land like on of my brush handles I sent off 10 days ago. Look forward to reading more about this one soon.
Happy shaves
SMURF

Is this razor lost in post office land like on of my brush handles I sent off 10 days ago. Look forward to reading more about this one soon.
Happy shaves
SMURF

Hope the razor is not lost. 
Olegausany, can you let us know when you receive it?

First of all my apologies for delay in responding. Yes razor arrived safely but 2 days later than expected but I had to leave my house earlier so had to shave late night as I often do. I originally planned to shave Thursday morning before leaving for work but while trying to figure out how to get it to lower settings with blade in place, I accidentally cut my finger on the left hand with moderate bleeding which alum and liquid bandage were unable to stop so I had to use Band aid but the one I had was not holding well so I had to run to CVS to get the new ones so by the time I got it under control I just had enough time to warm my food make tea and coffee and run out of my home. At work I got stuck on double so when I got home at 10am I went straight to bed and spent there whole day so had no chance to shave. Only late Saturday evening I finally got a chance to try the Taiga
First of all it looks well made and while on heavy side it is well balanced. But if you want an easy to use 3 piece adjustable it is not the case it has way more parts and weird adjusting system and all the settings mixed up because instead of going from expected setting 1, or the lowest possible setting to setting 6 or slightly above with highest setting it goes from lowest possible blade gap to the highest blade gap where there are noticeable gap between what's usually called baseplate and the adjustment plate so I just set for the smallest blade gap and started shaving using Astra SS blue blade which was used once in the Rex Ambassador. Since I more than 3 days of growth instead of usual 36 hours it took much more time than usual but I still got smooth irritation fee shave. I want to try a few more blades before shipping it to the next person but I can't recommend this razor to anyone who is looking for hustle free experience and would recommend Rex Ambassador instead. It is nice to have ability to change baseplate and handle but adjustment system should be as simple as Rex Ambassador and and Parker Variant is or at least clear instructions should be made
Yes it is prototype but I doubt adjustment system will be changed in the final version

First of all my apologies for delay in responding. Yes razor arrived safely but 2 days later than expected but I had to leave my house earlier so had to shave late night as I often do. I originally planned to shave Thursday morning before leaving for work but while trying to figure out how to get it to lower settings with blade in place, I accidentally cut my finger on the left hand with moderate bleeding which alum and liquid bandage were unable to stop so I had to use Band aid but the one I had was not holding well so I had to run to CVS to get the new ones so by the time I got it under control I just had enough time to warm my food  make tea and coffee and run out of my home. At work I got stuck on double so when I got home at 10am I went straight to bed and spent there whole day so had no chance to shave. Only late Saturday evening I finally got a chance to try the Taiga
First of all it looks well made and while on heavy side it is well balanced. But if you want an easy to use 3 piece adjustable it is not the case it has way more parts and weird adjusting system and all the settings mixed up because instead of going from expected setting 1, or the lowest possible setting to setting 6 or slightly above with highest setting it goes from lowest possible blade gap to the highest blade gap where there are noticeable gap between what's usually called baseplate and the adjustment plate so I just set for the smallest blade gap and started shaving using Astra SS blue blade which was used once in the Rex Ambassador. Since I more than 3 days of growth instead of usual 36 hours it took much more time than usual but I still got smooth irritation fee shave. I want to try a few more blades before shipping it to the next person but I can't recommend this razor to anyone who is looking for hustle free experience and would recommend Rex Ambassador instead. It is nice to have ability to change baseplate and handle but adjustment system should be as simple as Rex Ambassador and and Parker Variant is or at least clear instructions should be made
Yes it is prototype but I doubt adjustment system will be changed in the final version

The adjustment mechanism is very similar to Gibbs. It is very easy to reset dial. You just need to remove the dial.
And put back when the dot is over 1, and tight it. That is all.

I actually like to be able to disassemble easily, since I can easily clean it. 
I got a razor lot, one of the razor was Rex M4. When I removed adjustment plate (not easily), I can see some corrosion between the adjustment plate and the base plate, due to lack of sufficient cleaning. IMO, the corrosion was also caused by plate to plate contact which can be called as pack-rust or crevice corrosion.