New Blackland Era

Blackland Razors few have come out with CNC manufactured slant razors that captured the elegant compound curves of the vintage zamak and bakelite slants. I can only think of RR, Fine, and Ikon. I know you occasionally pick up and put down your slant project. Would this 3D manufacturing process help in capturing the intricate curves of a vintage slant razor?

It could be used that way, but I don’t have current plans to. I just don’t really have any interest in creating vintage-style designs. So a slant would be very much Blackland-style just like everything else I design.

Nice looking razor Shane!

Blackland Razors Congrats on the razor launch. I'm sure it's going to be awesome.

Interestingly, Andy and I talked to the same company and were getting quotes for the Opus one head to be made by them using 17-4PH and the same process you're using for the Era.

So sad that someone would try and take advantage of your friendship in this way and betray your confidence. I have no doubt that the Era will be a raging success and imitators and others will fall short in copying your methods. Best of luck Shane, you have my full support.

Looking forward trying out this razor! Would you please post the list of blade exposure for each of the base plates? Will be helpful to figure out which plates to pick up.

Looking forward trying out this razor! Would you have list of blade exposure for each of the base plates?

Specs will come later. I’m not sure if we’ll include blade gap, but we probably won’t include blade exposure. You can’t shave with a spec sheet and getting too technical is confusing for an inexperienced shaver. I think qualitative comparisons are more useful and that’s what we’ll be leaning on primarily.

Looking forward trying out this razor! Would you have list of blade exposure for each of the base plates?

Specs will come later. I’m not sure if we’ll include blade gap, but we probably won’t include blade exposure. You can’t shave with a spec sheet and getting too technical is confusing for an inexperienced shaver. I think qualitative comparisons are more useful and that’s where what we’ll be leaning on primarily.

Your aggressiveness chart works well for me. Hope you will have this for new razor, too.

Looking forward trying out this razor! Would you have list of blade exposure for each of the base plates?

Specs will come later. I’m not sure if we’ll include blade gap, but we probably won’t include blade exposure. You can’t shave with a spec sheet and getting too technical is confusing for an inexperienced shaver. I think qualitative comparisons are more useful and that’s where what we’ll be leaning on primarily.

Your aggressiveness chart works well for me. Hope you will have this for new razor, too.

Definitely. I'd like to spruce up the aggressiveness chart a little bit and have some additional context, but I think that's the way to go. Frankly, even as a guy whose job it is to design razors, it's hard to sort out which combo of blade gap and exposure would be best for me based on a spec list. So if it's too complicated for me, I won't ask customers to figure it out.

Looking forward trying out this razor! Would you have list of blade exposure for each of the base plates?

Specs will come later. I’m not sure if we’ll include blade gap, but we probably won’t include blade exposure. You can’t shave with a spec sheet and getting too technical is confusing for an inexperienced shaver. I think qualitative comparisons are more useful and that’s what we’ll be leaning on primarily.

I have found this to be true as well. According to charts, the Karve C plate should have been my "sweet spot." Turned out the B plate was best. And the Vector shaves me a little more agrresively than the Level 2 Sabre, but that could also be me learning these awesome tools! My point, and I do have one (!) is that I agree, experience is best, test and see. We know there will be a thriving BST for the plates as we all order many and figure out what is best for our mugs.

Thanks, Shane, for the responses and the insights. I am learning so much as to what happens behind the scenes.

Yeah, I have absolutely no need for this razor, but I'm sure I'll order some iteration of it once supply is full bore. Now, make us that injector, Shane, and I'll be waiting, hat in hand, ready to buy as well.

Looking forward trying out this razor! Would you have list of blade exposure for each of the base plates?

Specs will come later. I’m not sure if we’ll include blade gap, but we probably won’t include blade exposure. You can’t shave with a spec sheet and getting too technical is confusing for an inexperienced shaver. I think qualitative comparisons are more useful and that’s what we’ll be leaning on primarily.

I have found this to be true as well. According to charts, the Karve C plate should have been my "sweet spot." Turned out the B plate was best. And the Vector shaves me a little more agrresively than the Level 2 Sabre, but that could also be me learning these awesome tools!  My point, and I do have one (!) is that I agree, experience is best, test and see. We know there will be a thriving BST for the plates as we all order many and figure out what is best for our mugs.

Thanks, Shane, for the responses and the insights. I am learning so much as to what happens behind the scenes.

You should come hang on FB Live today at 4pm PDT. Always a lot of behind the scene details there.

Edit: Link trouble. Just go to facebook.com/blacklandrazors.