Exclusive: A hands-on, first look at the Blackland Blackbird razor

ShaneS · Monday November 23, 2015

Boxes. Glorious boxes! Couple of quick cell phone shots. They are a bit lighter than these photos suggest since I did not edit them at all. The fit is nicely improved.

ShaneS · Monday November 23, 2015

And a reminder for those who weren't Kickstarter backers: these boxes are already spoken for and are not available for sale.

Bechet · Monday November 23, 2015

Where does the soap fit? I see the brush space cut into the lid.

ShaneS · Monday November 23, 2015

And I promptly threw one on the floor and dented a corner.... I guess that one's mine.

ShaneS · Monday November 23, 2015

Bechet said:
Where does the soap fit? I see the brush space cut into the lid.

Lol it does look a lot like that. No that's just the relief cut for the short handle. Soap goes along in the shipping box.

Nico1970 · Monday November 23, 2015

The box looks exquisite Shane!

PLANofMAN · Tuesday November 24, 2015

ShaneS said:
And I promptly threw one on the floor and dented a corner.... I guess that one's mine.

Caution: Slippery when covered with drool.

Wishbone · Tuesday November 24, 2015

That's a gorgeous looking bit of kit right there, Shane ..........

ShaneS · Tuesday November 24, 2015

Thanks, gents! I'm very pleased with it. So now I have soap, boxes, and stands. All we need are those pesky razors. Received word that they should be shipped to me next week. Then they head off for finishing. So we're looking at shipping in 2.5-3 weeks or so.

Nico1970 · Tuesday November 24, 2015

Good news @ShaneS. Things are progressing well

Bechet · Tuesday November 24, 2015

The plan is coming together! Well done, Shane, for getting this far - and the end in sight, too. Is she proud of you?

ShaneS · Wednesday November 25, 2015

Bechet said:
The plan is coming together! Well done, Shane, for getting this far - and the end in sight, too. Is she proud of you?

The end? Nope. It's the beginning!

The Mrs is thrilled. She's the biggest Blackland fan. Btw, you should all consider starting a shaving business. I can buy anything I want and she says, "well it's for the business!".

Bechet · Wednesday November 25, 2015

The end of the beginning, then, to quote a famous Brit whose name I cannot bring myself to utter.

PLANofMAN · Thursday November 26, 2015

Bechet said:
The end of the beginning, then, to quote a famous Brit whose name I cannot bring myself to utter.

Der Mann hatte auch seine Fehler, aber ohne ihn die Britischen Inseln wÃ¤re wahrscheinlich Deutsch sprechen heute.

@Shane, it occurred to me that you can probably steam the dent out of the box you 'dropped.'

Bechet · Thursday November 26, 2015

PLANofMAN said:
Der Mann hatte auch seine Fehler, aber ohne ihn die Britischen Inseln wÃ¤re wahrscheinlich Deutsch sprechen heute.

Vielleicht aber ich denke, die Amerikaner wÃ¼rden uns gerettet nur das gleiche.

riverrun · Thursday November 26, 2015

PLANofMAN said:
Der Mann hatte auch seine Fehler, aber ohne ihn die Britischen Inseln wÃ¤re wahrscheinlich Deutsch sprechen heute.

Bechet said:
Vielleicht aber ich denke, die Amerikaner wÃ¼rden uns gerettet nur das gleiche.

Also wenn schon Deutsch, dann bitte richtig. Es ist, genau wie Englisch, eine sehr schÃ¶ne Sprache, die durch Google Translate nur verunstaltet wird. Danke.

Or as Google Translate would put it:
So when even German, then please correct. It is, just like English, a very beautiful language that is disfigured by Google Translate only. Thank you.