A reader asked about using the Fatip Testina Gentile head on the Rockwell 6S handle. The issue is that Rockwell uses SAE 10-32 threading rather than metric M5x.8 threading that other modern razors use. From Rockwell:
The pitch between 10-32 and M5x.8 are nearly identical, but the diameter differs slightly. We selected the smaller diameter 10-32 to ensure the threading (which is produced straight from MIM, and is not machined) would comfortably fit within an M5x.8, even if there was a slight variation in diameters between pieces (accounting for the – very slight – variability within critical dimensions inherent in MIM). You’ll notice we also flattened the threading on two sides of the threading of the 6S cap, both to allow it to be produced by MIM and so that it leaves enough play that it can comfortably work with a M5x.8 handle.
I tried it, and I found that the Rockwell handle worked easily and well with the Testina Gentile head, but I could not get the Testina Gentile handle to fit into the Rockwell head at all. However, since the reader specifically wants the Testina Gentile head on the Rockwell head, that’s not an issue.
In the photo, you’ll see the Rockwell handle holding the Testina Gentile head, and that’s my shave today. The shaving soap is Creed’s Green Irish Tweed, and the Plisson HMW 12 with horn handle made a very nice lather indeed.
Three easy passes with the hybrid Rockwell/Fatip razor left my face perfectly smooth and a splash of Creed Green Irish Tweed EDT finished the job. Overall, an extremely nice shave and a great way to launch the weekend.
And from Finnerty Gardens, some flowers I would call mauve in color, but for all I know they are literally mauve flowers: “Mauve is a pale purple color named after the mallow flower (French: mauve).“:
