2021/22 Rocnel Sailor Adjustable

Noticed a few new engravings, here are some photos. Excuse my butchered hands!

I noticed the name Sailor is not centered with handle/head or aligned with the etched anchor logo.  It's not a functionality issue but would bug my OCD for alignment of details.  

Also in case anyone else wonders why the strange spelling of Turkey:

Turkiye's authorities have decided to rebrand their country's international image.  Earlier this month, Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a communique, tweaking the country's internationally recognised name from "Turkey" to Turkiye.  "The word Turkiye represents and expresses the culture, civilization, and values of the Turkish nation in the best way," said the communique.

Congrats on the new Sailor!

Noticed a few new engravings, here are some photos. Excuse my butchered hands!

I noticed the name Sailor is not centered with handle/head or aligned with the etched anchor logo.  It's not a functionality issue but would bug my OCD for alignment of details.  

Also in case anyone else wonders why the strange spelling of Turkey:

Turkiye's authorities have decided to rebrand their country's international image.  Earlier this month, Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a communique, tweaking the country's internationally recognised name from "Turkey" to Turkiye.  "The word Turkiye represents and expresses the culture, civilization, and values of the Turkish nation in the best way," said the communique.

Congrats on the new Sailor!

Good eye on the perceived misalignment. I pulled mine out to check. It seems to be aligned pretty well.



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Noticed a few new engravings, here are some photos. Excuse my butchered hands!

I noticed the name Sailor is not centered with handle/head or aligned with the etched anchor logo.  It's not a functionality issue but would bug my OCD for alignment of details.  

Also in case anyone else wonders why the strange spelling of Turkey:

Turkiye's authorities have decided to rebrand their country's international image.  Earlier this month, Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a communique, tweaking the country's internationally recognised name from "Turkey" to Turkiye.  "The word Turkiye represents and expresses the culture, civilization, and values of the Turkish nation in the best way," said the communique.

Congrats on the new Sailor!

Wow, good catch! I can’t see how it’d be a trick of angles but I’ll still double check when I get home. Pretty disappointing if it is like that, being that these are supposed to be made to much greater detail, being almost double the price! Especially since [mention]LOOT [/mention] appears to have one with proper placement.

Based on my iPhone upgrade patterns, I'd say I'll be up for a Rocnel 2028 Master Collection.
Very happy with the 2021....the only challenge is making sure it doesn't fall to the ground.
Once that happens, Im sure it's finished.

I enjoy adjustable and can’t wait to give this one a try.

I know I didn’t notice it myself, but the Sailor being off center is just insane. My first Sailor has issues I’ve already complained about, I trust in the brand and give it another go and pony up extra for the assurance of insane quality control and workmanship and this gets past Murat? This is most certainly something that can’t vary from razor to razor. I’ve messaged him on Instagram, but being that he and Phil could careless about getting my first razor sorted, I’m not optimistic.

Well, I got my awesome crappy answer.

“We center the anchor figure with the help of laser. Then the product is recalibrated on the anchor figure. We do not try to put the phrase Sailor in the center.”

This seems just outright ridiculous and takes away completely from the MC series, at least in my opinion. If they want to do this with their other razors, because they can, go for it. But to say a MC is “Each product is made in a separate build process. Special for collectors.” What collector would want something like this that makes it look janky and fully lacks an attention to detail?!

I have no dog in this fight, but not getting the centering right at this price point seems.... inappropriate.
But not even being consistent between razors is even worse IMO.

Well, I got my awesome crappy answer.

“We center the anchor figure with the help of laser.  Then the product is recalibrated on the anchor figure.  We do not try to put the phrase Sailor in the center.”

This seems just outright ridiculous and takes away completely from the MC series, at least in my opinion. If they want to do this with their other razors, because they can, go for it. But to say a MC is “Each product is made in a separate build process. Special for collectors.” What collector would want something like this that makes it look janky and fully lacks an attention to detail?!

If they can't get the text centred, I'd prefer having just the Rocnel Sailor branding on the top cap and no extra text on the handle.

Well, I got my awesome crappy answer.

“We center the anchor figure with the help of laser.  Then the product is recalibrated on the anchor figure.  We do not try to put the phrase Sailor in the center.”

I don't get it.  Seems like a simple task to laser align centers of text and anchor, etch them both at the same point in the process, and then calibrate.  Both are etched on the same handle part correct?  The answer you got to your question makes no sense.

Murat should pay a bit more attention to detail in the future.  The Rocnel line is not cheap.  I suspect he will act on the feedback here and get it straight (no pun intended) in the future.  After all this is not the first year of production, it is the 5th? Too late in the game for QC to be an issue.

While I am at it I must mention my disappointment that LOOT did not get his promised #01 in the new model line.  After his unwavering support and advocacy for Murat and his work this seems like a slap in the face.  I would not even own one if not for LOOT and his stellar recommendations and reviews.  Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled with my 2020 but Murat lost some mojo with the misalignment issue and by not keeping his promise to let 2022 #01 go to LOOT .   I'll wager that hundreds were sold based on his reviews.