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- Thursday March 30, 2017
The following was extracted from the shaving blog of Michael Ham aka Leisureguy - https://leisureguy.wordpress.com/category/shaving/
'iKon is right now selling their razors at a steep discount. I have no idea of the motivation, but my fear is that it is a matter of clearing out stock prior to discontinuing production: he’s been making razors for a good while, and retirement might be appealing. (FWIW, Krampert’s Finest have closed their virtual doors and discontinued production. Their Acadian Spice Bay Rum is my favorite, and some vendors still have stock. I highly recommend picking up a bottle before they’re gone.)
I have to say I cannot recommend the iKon Short Comb, though. It’s always been a problematic razor for me. With Grooming Dept pre-shave, it works well, but it still comes up short in the comfort department. However, I do highly recommend the following, shown on this page (and note that you can also buy the head alone, both from iKon and from dealers such as Maggard Razors):
• X3 Slant on bulldog handle
• B1 OSS
• B1 Standard
• B1 Open Comb
• B1 Slant
And if you ever find a 101, buy it. It’s shown as out of stock on that page, and the wonderful 102 is not even listed.'
It is indeed the case that pretty much everything on their site is heavily discounted -
The official British stockist Connaught have none at all.
Anybody know anything about this? - I.
'iKon is right now selling their razors at a steep discount. I have no idea of the motivation, but my fear is that it is a matter of clearing out stock prior to discontinuing production: he’s been making razors for a good while, and retirement might be appealing. (FWIW, Krampert’s Finest have closed their virtual doors and discontinued production. Their Acadian Spice Bay Rum is my favorite, and some vendors still have stock. I highly recommend picking up a bottle before they’re gone.)
I have to say I cannot recommend the iKon Short Comb, though. It’s always been a problematic razor for me. With Grooming Dept pre-shave, it works well, but it still comes up short in the comfort department. However, I do highly recommend the following, shown on this page (and note that you can also buy the head alone, both from iKon and from dealers such as Maggard Razors):
• X3 Slant on bulldog handle
• B1 OSS
• B1 Standard
• B1 Open Comb
• B1 Slant
And if you ever find a 101, buy it. It’s shown as out of stock on that page, and the wonderful 102 is not even listed.'
It is indeed the case that pretty much everything on their site is heavily discounted -
iKon Razors Archives - iKon Razors
www.ikonrazors.com
The official British stockist Connaught have none at all.
Anybody know anything about this? - I.