Aylsworth Atelier AC: First Shave With the New Stainless

Hello, I’m SIG SOLO. Welcome to my channel and welcome to today’s shave. I have a cold, so bear with the deep voice. But I have a great razor to show you, and Kaleb at Aylsworth was kind enough to send it to me.

This is the new Atelier. AC razor, three-piece design, made in 316L stainless steel. Mine is in the satin finish. There’s a beautiful “A” engraved on the top cap. No scalloped edges, no extra geometry on the face. Just razor, clean solid bar.

The Specs

Look at it from the side. The blade sits at a 30-degree angle inside the top cap. That’s the design. Gap is 0.5mm, positive blade exposure is 0.1mm. So you know going in there’s some presence, but the geometry is doing part of the work for you.

Handle is 95mm long, partly hollow. There’s a hole in it, but you can’t rinse water through it. On my scale it came up 57g. The spec says 55g. Either way, this is the lightest of the nine stainless steel AC razors I’ll be shaving with over the coming Saturdays, and it doesn’t feel flimsy. The balance point is right where you want to hold it. I hold it there without even thinking about it. That means something.

In it I have the Feather Professional on its first use. AC blades are thicker and more rigid than a standard DE blade, and that rigidity means more surface coverage per stroke. In theory, faster to use. I don’t know about that. But I like AC razors, which is why nine of them are on my list.

The 30-degree angle built into the top cap does some of the angle-finding for you. You put the razor to your face and start shaving.

The Kit

The soap is Stirling Barbershop. I have it in a travel tin today. The matching splash is there too. The bottle goes darker as time passes because of the vanilla in it. I give it a shake before I open it.

The brush is the Aylsworth Altare. The bowl is the 18C from Hendrix Classics, which Pete very kindly sent me.

Three and a Half Days of Stubble

New razor, new blade. Let’s see how this goes.

Easy. Easy on the nose. I can feel where the blade is, and that’s a comfortable feeling, not an alarming one. Right in the middle: the blade is present but not harsh. If you want more blade feel out of the Atelier, try the Feather Super Professional. For me, the regular Professional is usually where I land.

At 57g this is a light razor. But the balance is so well-placed that I’m not hunting for grip. I hold it right there without thinking about it, same as always. The shave runs smooth through all three passes.

I thought I caught something small at one point. Felt like it. Nothing came of it.

The Verdict

Perfect finish. No burns. No cuts. Everything good. A perfect first shave with the Atelier.

Now a word about the numbers. The Atelier runs $175 USD. Kaleb also offered a 10% discount code for my viewers. It’s in the video description, use it, nothing comes back to me. I chose that. If I’m getting paid while I’m telling you something is good, you have reason to question whether I mean it. So I don’t take the cut. If I like it, I’ll say so. If I don’t, I’ll say that too. You can count on it either way.

Over the next nine Saturdays I’m shaving with nine stainless steel AC razors. The Atelier is the first. Come back next Saturday to see which one is next on my list.

Tomorrow here in Greenland is National Day. Church in the morning, then to the harbor for competitions, kayak rolling, seal catching, choir singing, traditional Greenlandic dancing. Reindeer for dinner most likely. Tell me in the comments how you celebrate your own national day if you feel like it. We have good traditions here.

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