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I love my 1940's English Tech heads - the heavy ones with the flat head/base plate.
Love 'em, really do - FrankenRazor ( my rhodium plated head with UFO Godzilla Handle) is my daily go-to razor and I get superb results with very little in the way of cuts, weepers or nicks.
So what can I tell you about the Seygus (Ssseygus?)
Well, not a right lot apart from what bits I have gleaned from looking at the Spanish shaving forums and what bits @Thalasos has told me via PM and in his posts on TSR. It took me a while to work out that Mangos means handles, not fruit.
DESIGN:
The razor is manufactured out of CNC milled "T6 aeronautical" grade aluminium and some are available polished, some anodised coated in black - mine ( an October made razor) is unusual in that the SSseygus wording is highlighted in white - a nice touch. Others are not. The razor is also a four part design having head, baseplate and handle but an additional weighted component to the handle - the razor looks superb without this, but feels better with this attached (more on this later). Weight is 54g. Cost was 75 Euros shipped.
Finish looks good, some milling marks are visible, but I like that as it looks more artisan produced and not mass produced.
Im also a bit unsure about the name as some I have seen pictured have three S's and some only two.
PERFORMANCE:
I assembled the razor with the head weight and loaded a Gillette Super blade. From reading some reviews from early testers in Spain there seemed to be an overall conclusion that the razor was mild with some shavers saying that they had loosened the head from the handle a quarter turn to adjust the blade gap to give more aggression.
For me (and YMMV) I prefer the weight - my daily razor tips the scales at 120g so this was under half my usual razor weight, without the head weight it felt too light and I would probably have to apply more pressure than I was comfortable with.
With the razor assembled properly the blade alignment was good and gap even.
I lathered up and took my first pass.
There is a reasonable amount of feedback from the razor, but yes it is mild, however, my usual two pass and touch up over my (many) chins gave a very good result. Certainly comparable with my daily FrankenRazor shave. I would say that this is on a par with the Tech head in terms of aggression.
OVERALL:
This certainly is a mild razor, I would compare it directly with the Tech head myself ( YMMV) but for me, I like this - it has far more bite than the first iKon standard bar head from 2009 ( remember people shimming them out to get a better blade gap?) I dont feel there is any need to faff about with the head on this to make it "a quarter turn loose" in order to get a good shave from it - I will try it with a heavier handle behind the head and see how that affects the result. Its a lovely looking razor and one that will make it into my rotation (rather than the 2009 iKon that has simply made it into a drawer).
Love 'em, really do - FrankenRazor ( my rhodium plated head with UFO Godzilla Handle) is my daily go-to razor and I get superb results with very little in the way of cuts, weepers or nicks.
So what can I tell you about the Seygus (Ssseygus?)
Well, not a right lot apart from what bits I have gleaned from looking at the Spanish shaving forums and what bits @Thalasos has told me via PM and in his posts on TSR. It took me a while to work out that Mangos means handles, not fruit.
DESIGN:
The razor is manufactured out of CNC milled "T6 aeronautical" grade aluminium and some are available polished, some anodised coated in black - mine ( an October made razor) is unusual in that the SSseygus wording is highlighted in white - a nice touch. Others are not. The razor is also a four part design having head, baseplate and handle but an additional weighted component to the handle - the razor looks superb without this, but feels better with this attached (more on this later). Weight is 54g. Cost was 75 Euros shipped.
Finish looks good, some milling marks are visible, but I like that as it looks more artisan produced and not mass produced.
Im also a bit unsure about the name as some I have seen pictured have three S's and some only two.
PERFORMANCE:
I assembled the razor with the head weight and loaded a Gillette Super blade. From reading some reviews from early testers in Spain there seemed to be an overall conclusion that the razor was mild with some shavers saying that they had loosened the head from the handle a quarter turn to adjust the blade gap to give more aggression.
For me (and YMMV) I prefer the weight - my daily razor tips the scales at 120g so this was under half my usual razor weight, without the head weight it felt too light and I would probably have to apply more pressure than I was comfortable with.
With the razor assembled properly the blade alignment was good and gap even.
I lathered up and took my first pass.
There is a reasonable amount of feedback from the razor, but yes it is mild, however, my usual two pass and touch up over my (many) chins gave a very good result. Certainly comparable with my daily FrankenRazor shave. I would say that this is on a par with the Tech head in terms of aggression.
OVERALL:
This certainly is a mild razor, I would compare it directly with the Tech head myself ( YMMV) but for me, I like this - it has far more bite than the first iKon standard bar head from 2009 ( remember people shimming them out to get a better blade gap?) I dont feel there is any need to faff about with the head on this to make it "a quarter turn loose" in order to get a good shave from it - I will try it with a heavier handle behind the head and see how that affects the result. Its a lovely looking razor and one that will make it into my rotation (rather than the 2009 iKon that has simply made it into a drawer).