Your thoughts on OneBlade

My time is drawing to a close with the OneBlade and I have enjoyed having my opinion changed by this razor. Would I buy one for myself , possibly. Would I buy one for myself if they came up with a version that would allow me to use my all time favourite blade , the Feather Pro ; absolutely.
Until such times however I would stick to my Mongoose and ATT S1 , this is not to give a backhanded compliment to the razor at all but more in protest at the necessity to have to use the proprietary blade a maximum of twice or have to modify GEM se blades.

The idea I can remember being talked about back when I got into this hobby 4 years ago , a de/se/cartridge style hybrid ; would it work , could it work , should it work! In my opinion it does work. The build quality is great as is the design particularly the pivoting head that at least in my case has allowed me to a certain extent to almost disregard the tried and tested 3 pass , with , across and against the grain shave. I've achieved a perfect BBS with 2 passes that have consisted of a with the grain pass and a 2nd pass using a combination of across and against the grain strokes.

It will be interesting to see how many shaves i can get out of this current GEM blade before goodbye to this very unique razor.

Are you in on a pass around or something?

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Well, this thread has been bad for my wallet. I just placed an order for a one blade. $300 for a razor ...... now we are getting into straight razor pricing.

I feel the same almost every time I go back to my ATT S1 , Mongoose and to a lesser extent my Futur. I use one of them and think "why do I use any other razor?" I think it's all the better having a few razors that make you want to sell off the rest but I can't bring myself to sell off my vintage Gillette adjustables and of course my recently acquired Darwin Deluxe.

This is EXACTLY how I feel also Will. I'm not going to get rid of any of my Gillettes, but I will sell off my other modern razors. I just don't see the need for them if they aren't getting any use.

Well, this thread has been bad for my wallet.  I just placed an order for a one blade.  $300 for a razor ......  now we are getting into straight razor pricing.

The razor is, more or less, constantly "on sale". The latest - https://www.onebladeshave.com/sharpologist/

15% off from sharpologist. = $254

wingdo , looking forward to your thoughts. I really enjoy the shave and feel it a solid value but agree- that initial cost puts it into a different category.

I've been very tempted to pick one up after reading all of the comments on this thread, but the price was still holding me back. The 15% off deal from Sharpologist was enough to push me over the edge, so I ordered last night. Looking forward to seeing how it compares to my ATT S1 and polished Blackbird.

My time is drawing to a close with the OneBlade and I have enjoyed having my opinion changed by this razor. Would I buy one for myself , possibly. Would I buy one for myself if they came up with a version that would allow me to use my all time favourite blade , the Feather Pro ; absolutely.
Until such times however I would stick to my Mongoose and ATT S1 , this is not to give a backhanded compliment to the razor at all but more in protest at the necessity to have to use the proprietary blade a maximum of twice or have to modify GEM se blades.

The idea I can remember being talked about back when I got into this hobby 4 years ago , a de/se/cartridge style hybrid ; would it work , could it work , should it work! In my opinion it does work. The build quality is great as is the design particularly the pivoting head that at least in my case has allowed me to a certain extent to almost disregard the tried and tested 3 pass , with , across and against the grain shave. I've achieved a perfect BBS with 2 passes that have consisted of a with the grain pass and a 2nd pass using a combination of across and against the grain strokes.

It will be interesting to see how many shaves i can get out of this current GEM blade before goodbye to this very unique razor.

Are you in on a pass around or something?

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Yes, a member on TSR in the UK kindly offered his up for a passaround. It was much appreciated.

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Oh dear I fear I may be in trouble with a few of your significant others with my comments on this thread!

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I feel the same almost every time I go back to my ATT S1 , Mongoose and to a lesser extent my Futur. I use one of them and think "why do I use any other razor?" I think it's all the better having a few razors that make you want to sell off the rest but I can't bring myself to sell off my vintage Gillette adjustables and of course my recently acquired Darwin Deluxe.

This is EXACTLY how I feel also Will. I'm not going to get rid of any of my Gillettes, but I will sell off my other modern razors. I just don't see the need for them if they aren't getting any use.

It's been a great week and a half of shaves with it but I'm looking forward to being reacquainted with a few old favourites.

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wingdo , looking forward to your thoughts. I really enjoy the shave and feel it a solid value but agree- that initial cost puts it into a different category.

I know the oneblade costs a lot,but almost everybody agrees the shaves are superlative. I wonder how many people have a Simpson Manchurian brush
or other real expensive brush. I don't hear anybody complaining about the cost of high-end brushes yet the oneblade gets hammered for the cost. I feel the shave of the oneblade puts it above many and most razors and I can get just as good lather with my $20 Semouge 620 as I can with my $200 shavemac, I just have to work harder and longer on it.