Fatip Lo Storto Open Comb Slant Bar Chrome Safety Razor

I have an early gen Fatip open comb made maybe 15 years ago corresponding to today's piccolo model, but much more aggressive. I still enjoy using it. I used a Merkur slant for many years as my daily shaver, went electric for a few years and recently came back to wet shaving. I stumbled onto Shave Nation and was blown away by the huge selection of Fatips and other brands of razors and other products as well as the wealth of info videos on most of what Geofatboy sells. I've been buying a few new razors for this reacquaintance with wet shaving.

I noticed the Fatip Lo Storto open comb slant and bought one. It's now one of many new razors and is becoming one of two favorites (the other is a Muehle R41) that I reach for most often. The Lo Storto is fairly aggressive, although not as aggressive as the ur-piccolo described above. It has the cutting ability that comes with a slant. I get good one pass shaves and great two pass shaves with it, with minimal irritation of my fairly sensitive skin. And the razor is very reasonably priced, like all Fatips. You need to use a light touch and get attuned to this fairly aggressive razor. I've been using Treet black carbon steel blades in it, which give 5 smooth shaves, if you swish the razor head in alcohol after shaving to evaporate water residue and prevent rust. Later, I'll try some more aggressive stainless blades.

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Love this great close shave! Leave it to the Italians!!

The Fatip Lo Storto Open Comb, or Fatip Open Comb Slant (FOCS) is a very nice safety razor that will last and can give you a great shave if you are careful. I prefer the Fatip Closed Comb Slant (FCCS) as I prefer a milder razor head (I shave everyday). Both the FOCS and FCCS are equally efficient at cutting/slicing beard hair, but the FOCS is more aggressive and can cut through a full beard without getting clogged like the FCCS will, but you are less likely to give yourself a nick or razor burn with the FCCS than the FOCS. On both my FOCS and FCCS, I can only get the blade reveal perfect on one side of the safety razor, so I have to take note of that and only use that one side while shaving. Getting this blade reveal perfect is important for achieving a close comfortable shave. While the blade reveal issue may be due to poor quality control, I agonize over blade reveal anyways so it's not a major draw-back for me. Just take note of which edge you used then next time you load the same razor perfectly align the other edge. Securing a used razor with a magnet on the top of your bathroom mirror might be helpful here, that's what I do.

5 stars. I am a 62 year old DE shaver. My beard is not particularly heavy nor is my skin particularly sensitive. I am using Rapira/ Voskhod blades and Cremo/ Van Der Hagen soaps. This razors fit , finish and blade line up are excellent. One pass with a second light touch up and I'm BBS. Closer and more comfortable than my trusted Merkur 37C. The Fatip Lo Storto is my new go to razor.

I have never owned a Slant Bar Razor to this point, and seeing Geo introduce and perform a shave with this model, I figured this was the time to get one in my shaving collection.

I completed a first shave with it, and it's a very good razor overall. Great feel on the face with the glide(I don't know if I would say it's comparable to the R41 though, but everyone is different). It got me a BBS shave in three passes with no nicks or weepers(a bit of irritation says the Shave Nation Alum Stick, but otherwise nice and close). Glad I made this purchase to a Slant Bar Razor today.

Thank you, Geo!