(This post was last modified: 04-16-2020, 06:12 PM by DanLaw.)
Funny how so many things with Aji's design that would seem at first blush to be unappealing yet work so perfectly harmoniously together in practice.
My predilection is to traditional handles in heavy SS and on the long end of the spectrum. All Wolfman owned for example, have been ordered with extra long WRH2s - and LOVE them; had a critique of the BBS1, it would be the handle insufficiently long and too light heavy. All that to state prefer a balance point to the distal end of the razor: decidedly and consistently. BUT enter Aji and his completely novel approach to razors feeling head heavy, yet contrary to every prejudice and every established technique, they perform amazingly well - right there if not better than the custom razor had paid a premium to purchase and speced to my most specific requirements.
It is one thing to make premium products using premium materials sold at premium prices and quite another to make premium products using premium materials to sell at middle market price points - that is a tough do, nearly impossible. Aji deserves to make it as much for his brilliant designs as for the fact he delivers premium quality at an attainable price point: can promise he is sacrificing to do this. There is not the margin people suspect in making quality products using US/Canadian labour and materials.
The sole critique is wishing he would raise the prices so that he could make sufficient profit to assure he stays in business, continuing to develop innovative products - something I have never stated of another shaving hardware manufacturer.
My predilection is to traditional handles in heavy SS and on the long end of the spectrum. All Wolfman owned for example, have been ordered with extra long WRH2s - and LOVE them; had a critique of the BBS1, it would be the handle insufficiently long and too light heavy. All that to state prefer a balance point to the distal end of the razor: decidedly and consistently. BUT enter Aji and his completely novel approach to razors feeling head heavy, yet contrary to every prejudice and every established technique, they perform amazingly well - right there if not better than the custom razor had paid a premium to purchase and speced to my most specific requirements.
It is one thing to make premium products using premium materials sold at premium prices and quite another to make premium products using premium materials to sell at middle market price points - that is a tough do, nearly impossible. Aji deserves to make it as much for his brilliant designs as for the fact he delivers premium quality at an attainable price point: can promise he is sacrificing to do this. There is not the margin people suspect in making quality products using US/Canadian labour and materials.
The sole critique is wishing he would raise the prices so that he could make sufficient profit to assure he stays in business, continuing to develop innovative products - something I have never stated of another shaving hardware manufacturer.