A year and a half ago, the creative association, already well known to the adepts of the classical shaving of many countries under the name of "Club of Free Masters "Art•RAZOR", began work on the blade razors of manual production. During this time we have a rather impressive line up that allows you to choose a razor for every taste, for any type of person and shaving style, and also according to the financial capabilities of the customer. From the very beginning, I and my like-minded follow the path of functionalism. This means that no decorative properties of the product should impair the comfort of shaving and maintenance of the tool.
However, the aesthetic design of our razors is also worthy of attention, as we strive for a variety of shapes and decorations. It is important to emphasize that the razors "Art•RAZOR" come to the customer fully ready for use; master Frams personally guarantee high quality sharpening. In production, we use modern high-quality grades of carbon steels, giving preference to the Swedish brand Uddeholm arne (O1).
Collage Our achievements would have been impossible without a clear understanding of the very concept of the modern razor, as well as the whole body of knowledge and experience accumulated by masters from different parts of the world. What is a modern razor of manual production in the understanding of our club? Firstly, these are the proportions of the blade that lie in a certain range. The optimal ratio of the sizes of the razor blade, earle, shank was developed by many decades of the "golden age" of razors. Of course, there are no dogmas for our masters, but we always try to take into account the achievements of the past, remaining within the framework of rationality and moderate conservatism. Secondly, the ratio of the width of the blade to the thickness of the shoe. We do not work by sight. The geometry of each of our models is calculated by an empirical lye stablished formula, ensuring correct, uniform sharpening and straightening of the razor. This issue has been considered in detail in one of my previous articles - "Formas a reflection of content":
However, the aesthetic design of our razors is also worthy of attention, as we strive for a variety of shapes and decorations. It is important to emphasize that the razors "Art•RAZOR" come to the customer fully ready for use; master Frams personally guarantee high quality sharpening. In production, we use modern high-quality grades of carbon steels, giving preference to the Swedish brand Uddeholm arne (O1).
Collage Our achievements would have been impossible without a clear understanding of the very concept of the modern razor, as well as the whole body of knowledge and experience accumulated by masters from different parts of the world. What is a modern razor of manual production in the understanding of our club? Firstly, these are the proportions of the blade that lie in a certain range. The optimal ratio of the sizes of the razor blade, earle, shank was developed by many decades of the "golden age" of razors. Of course, there are no dogmas for our masters, but we always try to take into account the achievements of the past, remaining within the framework of rationality and moderate conservatism. Secondly, the ratio of the width of the blade to the thickness of the shoe. We do not work by sight. The geometry of each of our models is calculated by an empirical lye stablished formula, ensuring correct, uniform sharpening and straightening of the razor. This issue has been considered in detail in one of my previous articles - "Formas a reflection of content":
Thirdly, the razor should be comfortable not only in use, but also maintenance. From the most general considerations it is clear that the quality and effectiveness of both sharpening and dressing on the belt depends on the ease of grasping when the razor is taken into the hand in a fully opened state. In this position, nothing should stick out and dig into the hand. The presence of strongly protruding parts on the foot in creases the risk of damage to the belt; So for us such "dangerous" decorative details are also unacceptable. Finally, fourthly: the razors should be as traumatic as possible in the case of an open blade. Security includes several points. Our club will list only the most basic:
• Moderately tight blade stroke when removed from the handle and no blade falling in the handle below a certain normative line when closing;
• reliability of rivets on the front and back pins, the presence of accurate was hers around the pinch of the pin;
• tail length, sufficient for comfortable opening of the product and the so-called canonical grip when shaving;
• strength and moisture resistance of the material from which the handle is made.
We can confidently state that razors produced by "Art•RAZOR" meet all of the above criteria. This is primarily manifested not only our professional approach to production, but also courtesy in relation to customers we know at the time of this writing.
We can confidently state that razors produced by "Art•RAZOR" meet all of the above criteria. This is primarily manifested not only our professional approach to production, but also courtesy in relation to customers we know at the time of this writing.
The razor of the model PEGASUS (production «Art•RAZOR», 2017)
Next, we give the names of real masters and enthusiasts of making razors
from far abroad, as well a slinks to their pages on Facebook. In order for
my readers to get an idea of the level of mastery and creative
potential of these talented and efficient people even before the visit to
these pages, I put here some of their works. Each of the colleagues received
a kind permission for this form of presentation.
Valery Ilyasovich Gabdylvaliev (from Kazan, Russia) is known by the abbreviated nickname GVIk, which as a stigma is placed on his author's products .. This is a mature, fully held master with a truly artistic approach to making razors. His work is unique, each razor is not like the other. GVIk is a "wizard" of high-quality heat treatment of the most common carbon (U10, U12 in soviet specification), although it tries different steels, often successfully. He boldly experimented with the form, never forgetting that the razor should shave.
Cedric Christ
Robert Williams
Drew Dick
Ulrik Beyer
Alberto Castro
We would like to draw the reader's attention to the fact that most of the masters who have taken place come to the razor from the knife production. This is by no means a rule, but a definite trend. No offense to the "knives" we will note that the production of a razor blade is an aerobatics, and not every knife-maker who wishes to make razors decides to reveal to the general public the result of his professional experiments. we suppose that the club "Art•RAZOR" managed to find its niche in the market of manual razors. Like any other manufacturer, we have strengths and weaknesses. We leave criticism of the weak sides to the respected users, but here we will mention only those features, thanks to which our blade shave been approved by the customers. As we already mentioned, this is a verified geometry, quality steel with the right tempering and very accurate sharpening. In addition, we have achieved some success not only in variations in the shape of the blade, bu talso in the sample. It's no secret that many razors, complete lyhand-made, are wedges or so (near wedge) or have a sampling approaching the "quarter hollow". We managed to get out on a confident half hollow making, and on the run experiments with a full sample, as well as in the production of bellied hollow blades. It is important that in a number of our models the customerhas the opportunity to get the sample that he considers necessary, of course, within our current technological capabilities. Among our advantages is the development and application of an individual graphic design (laser engraving) on the product.
In addition, we offer our customers high-quality shoe straps for straightening, shaving brushes with synthetic assemblies of a new generation, as well as a traditional silvery badger. We actively cooperate with Italian manufacturers of shaving soap, being the official distributors of "ALLURO", "Ambassador" and "Mandorlo di Sicilia" brands. Master Frans think in the near future we will expand the range of our products and products. In conclusion of this article, we want to note that we are already beginning preparations for the autumn and winter- the seasons of holidays and gifts. In the coming months, we are going to focus on the production of luxury products, paying special attention to carefully decorating more expensive models. However, this concerns our initiative positions; the approach to the production of razors to order and during this period will remain the same.
The razor of the model SCHOONER (production «Art•RAZOR», 2017)
In addition, we offer our customers high-quality shoe straps for straightening, shaving brushes with synthetic assemblies of a new generation, as well as a traditional silvery badger. We actively cooperate with Italian manufacturers of shaving soap, being the official distributors of "ALLURO", "Ambassador" and "Mandorlo di Sicilia" brands. Master Frans think in the near future we will expand the range of our products and products. In conclusion of this article, we want to note that we are already beginning preparations for the autumn and winter- the seasons of holidays and gifts. In the coming months, we are going to focus on the production of luxury products, paying special attention to carefully decorating more expensive models. However, this concerns our initiative positions; the approach to the production of razors to order and during this period will remain the same.
The razor "Bleriot" of the model LE CHEF (production «Art•RAZOR», 2017)
We wish all the followers of classic shaving to find their razors among the variety of offers from different manufacturers. And we hope that many will stop their choice on the products of the Club of Free Masters "Art•RAZOR".
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