What base plate for Karve Christopher Bradley

From Chris.

I have a bit of bad news for those of you with pending orders. I leave for holidays on Friday (June 29 to July 15 inclusive), and while I’ve been working my hardest to get the pending orders out before I go, I haven’t been able to catch up.
 
From Chris.

I have a bit of bad news for those of you with pending orders. I leave for holidays on Friday (June 29 to July 15 inclusive), and while I’ve been working my hardest to get the pending orders out before I go, I haven’t been able to catch up.

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Hello,

I have a bit of bad news for those of you with pending orders. I leave for holidays on Friday (June 29 to July 15 inclusive), and while I’ve been working my hardest to get the pending orders out before I go, I haven’t been able to catch up.

A good portion of the parts are already made, but they still need to be bead blasted, inspected, and assembled into razors. I'm am still working on fulfilling orders today and tomorrow, but I’m not sure which order number I’ll get to before I leave. I fulfill orders sequentially, so if your order is an older order, it may still get it out before I leave.

I do have an employee working with me, so the entire time that I’m away, he’s going to keep my machines running and making parts. When I get back, I will perform the final inspections and start fulfilling orders again. Also, he’ll keep making parts beyond the current orders so that I have some inventory so I can stop playing catch up.

You have been extremely understanding and I really, really appreciate it (seriously, I really appreciate it). If you’re still OK to wait, that is wonderful and I thank you.

If you’re not willing to wait, I completely understand. Please send me an email and I will process a refund. Although, I will focus solely on fulfilling as many orders as possible before I leave, so any refunds will be processed after I get settled into my holidays.

If you need to contact me, please start a new email and please reference your order number(s).

Cheers,
Chris Kirche
 
All things considered, that seems reasonable.
Sure, we all want things yesterday. But, it's a small-batch machined razor, not a kidney
While, I haven't ordered one (yet). I would have still been ok with that kind of response. Lord knows I've waited far longer for far less impressive things...

I admit I'm not personally affected by this and I apologise if I'm talking out of my ass (again). But, if anything, the honesty makes me *more* keen to order from him... Though I might wait until he gets back from holidays. ;)
 
Can anyone explain to me what base plates are and what the numbers mean? I'm starting to get into new DE razors that have different base plates but I want to know the details of what they do before I get one or a few.
 
Can anyone explain to me what base plates are and what the numbers mean? I'm starting to get into new DE razors that have different base plates but I want to know the details of what they do before I get one or a few.
In Rockwell 6s, Rockwell 6c, and the Karve razors, the base-plates define the mildness/efficiency of the shave. They are the solid chunck of metal that the blade sits on. Change its profile and the blade will bend or be exposed accordingly. This greatly affects the shave.

This behaves very similarly to the dial on the Gillette Slim and Fatboy.
Lower numbers signify a milder shave. Higher numbers signify a more aggressive/efficient shave.

This makes the razor configurable (vs true adjustable like the Gillettes).
The downside: is that it takes some jiggering to change the configuration.
The upside: is 'no moving parts' - In the case of the 6s and Karve, they will likely outlive you.

I hope this helps.
 
In Rockwell 6s, Rockwell 6c, and the Karve razors, the base-plates define the mildness/efficiency of the shave. They are the solid chunck of metal that the blade sits on. Change its profile and the blade will bend or be exposed accordingly. This greatly affects the shave.

This behaves very similarly to the dial on the Gillette Slim and Fatboy.
Lower numbers signify a milder shave. Higher numbers signify a more aggressive/efficient shave.

This makes the razor configurable (vs true adjustable like the Gillettes).
The downside: is that it takes some jiggering to change the configuration.
The upside: is 'no moving parts' - In the case of the 6s and Karve, they will likely outlive you.

I hope this helps.
Thanks for the info @lerenau that makes sense. I had a funny feeling the baseplates change the mildness and aggressiveness of the razor. Cheers....
 
Oh man, your initial impression has got me worried!

If D is smoother than R6, but more efficient, maybe I should have opted D but I went with the C. Oh well, let's see how I go.
I had my first shave with D plate and the shave was super smooth, efficient but I found slight blade feel shaving ATG so I might get the C plate, just to be safe. Don't like the blade over hang but it's a well made, light razor head and well worth the hype - Happy shaves!
 
I had my first shave with D plate and the shave was super smooth, efficient but I found slight blade feel shaving ATG so I might get the C plate, just to be safe. Don't like the blade over hang but it's a well made, light razor head and well worth the hype - Happy shaves!

I ended up ordering the karve with c plate in the end.

From the many, many reviews I read, I suspected D plate would be too much for my skin.
 
I ended up ordering the karve with c plate in the end.

From the many, many reviews I read, I suspected D plate would be too much for my skin.
I still believe the safe bet is C plate if you're after a super smooth, efficient shave on par with the 6S on R4-R6 plates :)
 
In Rockwell 6s, Rockwell 6c, and the Karve razors, the base-plates define the mildness/efficiency of the shave. They are the solid chunck of metal that the blade sits on. Change its profile and the blade will bend or be exposed accordingly. This greatly affects the shave.

This behaves very similarly to the dial on the Gillette Slim and Fatboy.
Lower numbers signify a milder shave. Higher numbers signify a more aggressive/efficient shave.

This makes the razor configurable (vs true adjustable like the Gillettes).
The downside: is that it takes some jiggering to change the configuration.
The upside: is 'no moving parts' - In the case of the 6s and Karve, they will likely outlive you.

I hope this helps.

I think my 60 year old Fat Boy will outlive me just quietly....
 
I still believe the safe bet is C plate if you're after a super smooth, efficient shave on par with the 6S on R4-R6 plates :)

I would agree with this from my experience so far.

I'm still not quite as effective with the angle as I am with the Rockwell but so far I have found that the D plate is just a touch too aggressive for me everyday, where as I can do R6 on the Rockwell no problem.

It feels quite smooth but I can't go against the grain on my neck without getting a few weepers whereas with R6 I can go against the grain with minimal irritation and no weepers.

This could change once I really dial in the angle on the CB.

I would suspect that the C plate would be perfect.
 
I had my first shave with D plate and the shave was super smooth, efficient but I found slight blade feel shaving ATG so I might get the C plate, just to be safe. Don't like the blade over hang but it's a well made, light razor head and well worth the hype - Happy shaves!
How does the D plate compare to the R41 or Timeless Bronze OC?
 
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