The blade
came before
the sword.
Before a squire was made a knight, he was bathed, dressed in white, and left alone in a cold chapel with his armour on the altar. He kept watch over it until dawn without sleeping. They called that night the vigil.
In the morning came the accolade: the flat of a sword on the shoulder, and a new name.
We named a razor after that night because shaving, done properly, is a small version of it. A few quiet minutes before the day starts. Steel, water, a steady hand, and nobody else in the room.
Most razors are built to be thrown away. Cartridges are built to be bought again every month. We wanted the opposite: one piece of steel, made well enough to hand down.
We make one thing, and we make it to outlast the man who buys it.
no more, no less.
What we
refuse to do.
- 1
No subscriptions.
Buy blades when you need them. We will never charge you every month for something you forgot you signed up for.
- 2
No locked-in blades.
Every standard double-edge blade in the world fits our razor. If you find one you like better than ours, use it.
- 3
No five blades where one will do.
More blades mean more drag and more irritation. A single sharp edge at the right angle is the better shave.
- 4
No built-in end.
The razor is guaranteed for life. If it fails, we replace it. That is the whole policy.
- 5
No fake sales.
The price is the same all year. The only discount is the one you get for buying the kit together.
- 6
No reviews we didn't earn.
We will show what customers say once they have said it. Until then, the thirty-night trial speaks for us.
- 7
No hurry.
The first week is slow on purpose. We will tell you that up front rather than promise a perfect first shave.
Why a
winged hound.
The hound keeps watch while everyone else sleeps. It is loyal to one master and it does not give up. We gave it wings because good steel should feel lighter than it is.
It is cut in the old way, as a woodcut, the way armourers and printers marked their work five hundred years ago.
