- Joined
- Monday February 9, 2015
- Location
- California
Took custody of yet another stainless steel razor this week - this time a brand new Ikon B1.
The first two things that struck me when I took it out its box were;
- man, it's really, really black, and
- it is heavy!
What I meant by it being black is that it's not some faint paint over leaning towards grey...this is solid, deep, dark black. Very nice actually.
It's also heavy - right away it felt heavier and larger than my Weber w/ a Bulldog handle and it turned that that it is indeed a bit longer. See further down for comparison photo.
Build quality seems to be really good. I was, I must admit, a bit worried about that having no experience with Ikon's products in the past but I was very pleasantly surprised.
Coating
I am not fully certain as to what coating it is.
This is the information Ikon has provided:
"B1 is our proprietary matte black finish applied to high polished stainless steel.
Our original DLC is a shiny black and has a hint of silicon mixed into it that is lubricious in property.
The new B1 series is matte black color and bit more durable regarding scratch and wear resistance.
The B1 Coating is different in appearance and feel than our DLC.
The tone of the black of B1 is more muted almost matte finished when seen in certain light."
It'll be really interesting to shave with it and see how it compares to other stainless steel razors.
Here it is propped up in a generic stand (not by Ikon):
"It's really, really black"
Your regular three-piece construction:
Comparison to a Weber Bulldog handle:
The first two things that struck me when I took it out its box were;
- man, it's really, really black, and
- it is heavy!
What I meant by it being black is that it's not some faint paint over leaning towards grey...this is solid, deep, dark black. Very nice actually.
It's also heavy - right away it felt heavier and larger than my Weber w/ a Bulldog handle and it turned that that it is indeed a bit longer. See further down for comparison photo.
Build quality seems to be really good. I was, I must admit, a bit worried about that having no experience with Ikon's products in the past but I was very pleasantly surprised.
Coating
I am not fully certain as to what coating it is.
This is the information Ikon has provided:
"B1 is our proprietary matte black finish applied to high polished stainless steel.
Our original DLC is a shiny black and has a hint of silicon mixed into it that is lubricious in property.
The new B1 series is matte black color and bit more durable regarding scratch and wear resistance.
The B1 Coating is different in appearance and feel than our DLC.
The tone of the black of B1 is more muted almost matte finished when seen in certain light."
It'll be really interesting to shave with it and see how it compares to other stainless steel razors.
Here it is propped up in a generic stand (not by Ikon):
"It's really, really black"
Your regular three-piece construction:
Comparison to a Weber Bulldog handle:
