Blackland Osprey - Stainless Steel

This is the Stainless Steel / Machine finish version of the Osprey.

On opening the package, my initial thoughts:
It's certainly a great looking razor, with some fresh idea's
The weight reducing cuts on the underside of the baseplate look really cool.
I'm not one of those that think that the engraving isn't deep enough as my eyes wouldn't see it anyway and I generally adjust by feel while I'm shaving. I doubt that I will have an issue with the "loosen - adjust - tighten" adjustment method as my Locking Handle works pretty much the same way.
At 90mm the handle is too long for my personal preferences.
Its a "machine" finish. Thats not something that I wouldn't expect on a $350 razor. A non-US company wouldn't get away with it.
I'm not really sure what they were thinking when they designed the handle - why would you drill out weight just to add it back with a plug! - and then not offer other plugs?

(Clicking on the image of the instructions will open them up in a new page.)

 

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How does it shave?
I find it to be a Mild to early Medium shaver. At around 5 to 6 a BBS is possible but you do have to do some work to get there. I would definitely love to see what over overclocking would do for it but I'm not taking mine apart to find out.

 

The Unboxing and what is in the box

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