SE GEM from Chiseled Face

It looks as iff the user is going to have to drill a hole in the gem blade. proven concept from the 1900-1930 period.

The angle dos not look steep enough for a GEM style razor.  The picture make it look like it will scrape more than cut.  Do you really need to drill the blade to be able to secure the handle?

Nuki Man, going by the small photo, it seems as if the blade acts as a washer between the top of the had and the handle. The GEM blade has no hole for the handle, thus youd have to drill a hole for the handle stud to go through.

I have patents for 4 or 5 razors that work on the same principle. None of them went that far as..... no conevience in modifying regular blades to work in a razor that used special blades made by a company that went defunct after 5 months.

It certainly looks interesting. I'll look forward to more information on this razor.

I am very excited about the prospect of this razor. The OneBlade taught me how great a real SE can be, and I'd like a modern alternative to complement it.

I know the OneBlade can use modified GEM blades, but I really don't like my clumsy fingers dealing with despising and nipping those very sharp blades.

What I like about the original GEM razors is the large head which forces you to shave with the blade in its optimal position. It's really a no brainer for shaving. This razor and all the modern SE razors seem to hane much smaller portions of the head for getting proper blade to face alignment. I'll pick this razor up if it hits the market, but old GEM razors or the OneBlade seem to do a better job of getting people to use the smoothest angle.

I'll definitely be in line for this one depending on price. It looks pretty cool! Another thing, you will not have to drill a hole in the blade like was said earlier in this thread. You can easily see that from the pictures. You'd have to be an idiot to design it like that. Nobody would buy it.

I forgot to reply to this a few days ago...

I asked Ron with Chiseled Face if the razor has the audible feeback like the old GEM razors and he said that it won't since it's a machined razor and not stamped. He also said that no, you will not need to drill a hole in any blades.

A bit of an update on this from Chiseledface's AMA on Reddit yesterday:

"I've been spending a good bit of time over the last year or so developing a machined version of the GEM SE, and hope to be able to release it in about 2 months, but that depends largely on my machinist's availability."

very cool! this is a great time to be a wet shaver, IMHO.

very cool!  this is a great time to be a wet shaver, IMHO.

It really is. I cannot get over how many artisanal razors are around now. Seems like just 5 years ago Pils, Feather and Joris were all the rage. All made by large corporations. iKon was around but almost always sold out. Now there are so many choices, it's hard to keep up. I can't wait to find a nice new GEM based razor.