Yates Precision Manufacturing Razor

Well as I said I would do in an earlier post I did a side by side comparison using both the Yates with the H plate and a Level 2 OC Charcoal Goods Brass razor. I'll keep this very brief as I've already given my thoughts on the Yates but I will add that with every shave I'm enjoying it more and more. I did a 2 pass shave going both WTG and ATG on 2 and a half days growth with no buffing.  After the two passes the shave results were very close efficiency wise with a entry level 1 BBS. I did use a bit more of aggressive skin stretching as I wanted to achieve a entry level 1 BBS which I knew I could with the CG Level 2 but wanted to see if I could with the Yates which I did.  Had to wait about 6 hours to get clear results on which razor took this shave off. So the areas where I used the CG the stubble started to show up sooner than the Yates so my conclusion is that Yates is just a tad more efficient than a Charcoal Goods level 2 OC and in this shave noticeably smoother and in fact I was mentioning this to my friend Shavemd Mark that the Level 2 OC seems to not be as smooth as my Level 3 OC CG and that makes no sense but it's what I felt when comparing my last shave with the Level 3.  Anyway so for me the Yates was not only smoother but a bit more efficient and after comparing it to both Level 2 and 3 CG OC's I'd say it's closer to the Level 2 in efficiency than to the Level 3 CG OC and smoother than both. A pleasure to shave with and it is climbing up my list of favorite shaving modern razors.  

Used my friends David's Cutting Edge Mahogany @ Lavender Shave soap which is a very good base in my opinion along with my Knothead Shaving brush with a Maggard SHD badger knot in it and an old favorite of mine Pitralon aftershave which I doctored up by adding a little of my EOS complex to. lol 

Great Shaves!

Great review and shave Frank. I never heard of Cutting Edge, but Mahogany and Lavender sounds like a great combo.


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Good morning Ncardny Nick 

David is redoing his line of Shave soaps and repackaging his products as well. I'm actually helping him with the project as I believe in his product and I don't think you'd be disappointed in his base. It' happens to be one of my favorites. He's also a good guy to boot. He may have some pucks of the Mahogany & Lavender left. I can message him for you if you'd like. 

Let me know my friend. 

Frank

Well as I said I would do in an earlier post I did a side by side comparison using both the Yates with the H plate and a Level 2 OC Charcoal Goods Brass razor. I'll keep this very brief as I've already given my thoughts on the Yates but I will add that with every shave I'm enjoying it more and more. I did a 2 pass shave going both WTG and ATG on 2 and a half days growth with no buffing.  After the two passes the shave results were very close efficiency wise with a entry level 1 BBS. I did use a bit more of aggressive skin stretching as I wanted to achieve a entry level 1 BBS which I knew I could with the CG Level 2 but wanted to see if I could with the Yates which I did.  Had to wait about 6 hours to get clear results on which razor took this shave off. So the areas where I used the CG the stubble started to show up sooner than the Yates so my conclusion is that Yates is just a tad more efficient than a Charcoal Goods level 2 OC and in this shave noticeably smoother and in fact I was mentioning this to my friend Shavemd Mark that the Level 2 OC seems to not be as smooth as my Level 3 OC CG and that makes no sense but it's what I felt when comparing my last shave with the Level 3.  Anyway so for me the Yates was not only smoother but a bit more efficient and after comparing it to both Level 2 and 3 CG OC's I'd say it's closer to the Level 2 in efficiency than to the Level 3 CG OC and smoother than both. A pleasure to shave with and it is climbing up my list of favorite shaving modern razors.  

Used my friends David's Cutting Edge Mahogany @ Lavender Shave soap which is a very good base in my opinion along with my Knothead Shaving brush with a Maggard SHD badger knot in it and an old favorite of mine Pitralon aftershave which I doctored up by adding a little of my EOS complex to. lol 

Great Shaves!

GREAT review Frank

Thank you for the information. Hadn't known that. Would a Blackbird handle work?

Does anyone know what the measurement is at the bottom of the baseplate where the handle inserts into the post?

8.45mm

Thank you.
Hadn't even noticed this issue before ordering just the head. I guess I'll try to find something to use as a handle so that I can use the head. 

Yesterday both my Yates H plate and Henson +++ razors arrived in the mail, so this morning I did a comparative shave; Yates on the left, Henson on the right.  This was intended to be a one pass shave using fresh Feather blades and Zirh shaving cream with no brush.  

While the Henson +++ had more blade feel than their ++ did, it still took two passes with the Henson to accomplish what the Yates did in one.  Then I did a final pass on both sides with the Yates to clean up what the Henson left behind.  Then I finished with a splash of Speick aftershave, and felt a lot of burn on the right side but very little on the left.  

I'm going to give the Henson a few more shaves before I decide whether to keep or sell it.  I'm probably going to keep the Yates, and get it polished.  This is my first impression of these two razors; YMMV.

draebeard, which handle are you using with the Yates? Is that one of theirs?

draebeard, which handle are you using with the Yates? Is that one of theirs?

I asked in the other thread and he said an H&S but mine doesn't fit my Yates......

Thanks, Dave. That is unfortunate, for you. I still have to figure out which handle I'll be able to use with the head, once it arrives. Might have to modify something.

draebeard, which handle are you using with the Yates? Is that one of theirs?

Looks like an h and s po76 handle I think

draebeard, which handle are you using with the Yates? Is that one of theirs?

I asked in the other thread and he said an H&S but mine doesn't fit my Yates......

Any idea why it would fit his but not yours? I may have read that Yates updated the threading?