Thiers Issard 275 1196 Evide Sonnant Extra French Straight Razor | Carbon Steel | 6/8 Size | Extra Full Hollow Ground | Round Point | Faux Tortoise Resin Handle | Made in France OUT OF STOCK BUT EN ROUTE FROM FRANCE, ~04.01.2024 ARRIVAL

$161.00

Thiers Issard 1196 Evide Sonnant Extra French Straight Razor | Carbon Steel | 6/8 Size | Extra Full Hollow Ground | Round Point | Faux Tortoise Resin Handle | Made in France | EAN 3436000003388

Description

“Handmade in France”

Made by hand (and uniquely so), the Thiers-Issard brand is, in this one opinion, the most hollow ground and flexible razor left in production today.  They’ve produced straight razors for nearly 100 years in Thiers, France, with traditional methods confined to this most special of nations.

‘1196’ is the designation of the Evide Sonnant Extra, TI’s bread-and-butter model.   The “ESE” is supplied with a free basic black leather sheath/pouch. These 3.1mm faux tortoise resin scales are quite cute and very reminiscent of the more slender ones used back in the day for the Dovo Special, but the plain black and white celluloid are slightly more rigid.   The 6/8″ Evide Sonnant Extra in this ‘basic faux tortoise scales’ variant weighs approximate fifty-one grams.  The scales are actually quite robust and durable, and the standards for the peak tightness, uniformity of tightness, and uniformity of pinning centering are, in a word, exceptional.

Furthermore, in shaving with straight razors the majority of my lifetime now and having owned and used hundreds, a basic no-frills late-1990s to early 2000s copy (only remember which apartment living when got it & dates of those leases) of this same ole ‘Evide Sonnant Extra’ razor is the finest shaving tool I’ve ever put to face, and when I got it new its bevel form was wavy as a funhouse mirror.   As Sam Cassell might possibly decree, never mind how I look, just gimme the damn rock.  While it isn’t a fancy looking TI among TIs, the Evide Sonnant Extra absolutely can shave you simply magically close.

“Shave Ready”?

If you elect for the factory edge, you’ll receive your razor exactly as its manufacturers intended…pretty simple!

If you elect for The Superior Shave to further hone your razor, your razor will be delivered to you  Guaranteed  Shave Ready!   Observe this precise model of razor (with black handle) being honed by TSS here and here!   The Superior Shave hones via a method best coined (by the old Thiers-Issard director) as “the opposite of tape“ where the hones’ geometries are catered to performance of the razor and to no other concern.

Additional information

Weight 6 oz
Dimensions 6 × 4 × 2 in
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Factory Edge, Further-Honed by TSS