Shave review of Janus Adjustable razor and Shave Off vs Gillette F4 Toggle

Wow.
I haven’t used mine in over a year. Lots of razors I prefer more. Guess I should give some thought to selling. It is the ‘coolest’ of my razors though.

$1500 final bid. The hell of it is, I am 95% certain #50 is the one I had. I specifically asked for 50 because that's how old I was when I ordered it. Good for Eric. I hope he sells the rest for $1500 each too.

$1500 final bid. The hell of it is, I am 95% certain #50 is the one I had. I specifically asked for 50 because that's how old I was when I ordered it. Good for Eric. I hope he sells the rest for $1500 each too.

Was that Eric selling it.? I thought that was a member who was selling it for another member on here. I know Eric had # 1 .

$1500 final bid. The hell of it is, I am 95% certain #50 is the one I had. I specifically asked for 50 because that's how old I was when I ordered it. Good for Eric. I hope he sells the rest for $1500 each too.

Was that Eric selling it.? I thought that was a member who was selling it for another member on here. I know Eric had # 1 .

From the listing:

I am listing this Janus Toggle as a favor to the creator and I will make no profit from the sale. My LE, Number 5, is not for sale.

$1500 final bid. The hell of it is, I am 95% certain #50 is the one I had. I specifically asked for 50 because that's how old I was when I ordered it.  Good for Eric. I hope he sells the rest for $1500 each too.

Was that Eric selling it.?  I thought that was a member who was selling it for another member on here. I know Eric had # 1 .

From the listing:

I am listing this Janus Toggle as a favor to the creator and I will make no profit from the sale.  My LE, Number 5, is not for sale.

Thanks for clearing that up James. So I guess he has a couple of the returns left.

$1500 final bid. The hell of it is, I am 95% certain #50 is the one I had. I specifically asked for 50 because that's how old I was when I ordered it.  Good for Eric. I hope he sells the rest for $1500 each too.

Was that Eric selling it.?  I thought that was a member who was selling it for another member on here. I know Eric had # 1 .

I sold it for Eric.  I have supported Eric from the start but was not one of the testers of the prototype.  He sent me the black one to test after the LE was released.  I agree with everyone that the changes resulted in a very aggressive razor, much blade feel.  Eric's achievement is monumental despite the revision snafu though.

Although we are not close, I have kept in touch with him, pestering and bugging him to let me buy or foster home one of the prototypes since I fell in love with the steam punk flavored design. 

A member of another forum read my review and contacted me about the possibility of acquiring one of the returns so I contacted Eric about it.  He is still sad about how folks were unhappy with his revision and he didn't want to create more unhappy customers.  I talked him into sending me one since the person who contacted me was interested in the razor from a collector viewpoint rather than comfort of shave.  Eric sent me 3 LE's so I could pick the best one for the collector.  One went to the forum member who initially contacted me, one was sold at auction, one remains.  I may list that one for Eric or send it back to him, his choice.

The auction listing was my idea.  I was initially surprised that the auction went so high.  But when I thought more about it I realized that since there are only 51 and will probably never be more, and that collectors live for rarity, it made sense.  I have been following this thread but did not want to comment before now in case it might be perceived as promotion of the sale.

I have no news about next steps that Eric might take but I gather from our texts that he has redesigned the razor to be milder and easier to manufacture with fewer parts.  I will keep in touch with him about his plans and will share whatever news he says is ok to share. 

Happy shaves all!

Personally, I think Erics prototype was one of the best adjustables I ever used. I wish he would make something that shaved similarly as I would put down the money now. Not sure who convinced him to make such drastic changes on the LE but the prototype was one smooth shaver.

Look at the facts:
Eric struggled to sell 50 after a failed Kickstarter campaign.
He aimed high and made 51 of the "most advanced" adjustables today - I personally don't believe that it fell short at all.
He took some advice that he shouldn't have - but hey haven't we all done the same at some point.

Now to put some perspective on it. A used Bottom-dial with no case or instructions will sell for $1200 and although we don't know how many were made, we do know that there were more than 51. I've said this many times, maybe even in this thread somewhere - The Janus is a future classic.
I personally was not too surprised that the auction went that high.

If Eric doesn't make another razor, the price on them is only going up.
If he does, the original LE will still be the original LE and there will still only be 51 and the price will still go up - just maybe not as steeply.

Personally like everyone, I would like to see Janus V2 (and Janus LE will still stay in my collection and I will still shave with it)

Fresco is AMAZING. That’s all!

Personally, I think Erics prototype was one of the best adjustables I ever used. I wish he would make something that shaved similarly as I would put down the money now. Not sure who convinced him to make such drastic changes on the LE but the prototype was one smooth shaver.

Ditto!

Eric's achievement is monumental despite the revision snafu though.

Errrrr....no.....

But you have supplied an excellent example of a modern day oxymoron.