Testimonials

Good Morning Jim,

    I have been in Japan for the last month and just got back to work this morning. Wading through about 600 e-mails and found yours among them.

    For what it is worth, I am very pleased with the results of your sharpeners. My blades were in such bad shape that shaving would lug down the motor. I used them as instructed and believe me they do the job. My razor is shaving like new. As a matter of fact, I was so impressed with them that the thought occurred to me that I might get involved in the sales of them down here after I retire next year.
You do have my permission to utilize my comments as a testimonial to your product.

Regards,
Tom Zogaric, NASA

Jim,

I used to waste money replacing my Norelco rotary blades until I tried these shaver sharpeners, and was amazed at how well they worked! I've reused the same blades over and over for months after they should have been trashed, and must admit my shave is quick and close. In fact I was so pleased with this product, that I re-ordered two more sets of sharpeners immediately! Thanks for a GREAT product! Sincerely,

Regards
David R Young JR

Jim:

Your sharpner is great. Remember? I ordered two and gave one to my son-in-law. He, like myself are using the sharpner and not only does it do an excellent job of keeping our razor in good sharp running order they are saving us money. I am 93 years old and so happy I discovered your sharpner.

Regards
George F. Flynn, Yakima, Washington

Hi Jim,

I actually live in Ireland, so I don't know if my testimonial will be of any use to you - I've included below if you want to use it. I will pass on the message to everyone I know who owns a Philishave. You might consider approaching some of the major retailers here and in the UK ?
Testimonial: "I found the cost of replacement shaver heads a complete rip-off. I heard about Vollco and now use their shaver sharpeners on my Philishave once a month and it works just like new. Brilliant product, well done Vollco!"

Regards
Ross

Jim,

    These sharpeners have helped me extend the life of my Norelco Advantage heads. I usually have to purchase new shaver heads every 10-11 months.

    With the Shaver Sharpeners I can, at least, double the life of my shaving heads. That's an incredible cost savings to me since the heads are so expensive. Best of all, it is so easy to sharpen my heads with the shaver sharpeners. It has become routine for me to sharpen them every couple of months to maintain the edge that the heads came with when they were new.
Thanks, Jim, for such a great product. You have saved me lots of money and given me a consistently clean and smooth shave.

Bill Schaefer-Colorado

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the sharpener! The product works just as advertised. The blades I have in my shaver seem to be as good as they ever have been after running them in your sharpener. I would expect to find your product in every department store that sells electric shavers, including Wal-Mart. The sharpener has a much more reasonable cost than buying new blades, and they would appear to last for many sharpenings, perhaps the life of the shaver. There will always be customers for new replacement blades, but I would expect that there would be even more people interested in sharpening their existing blades, especially with the cost savings involved. I think consumers like to have a choice. As well, I certainly like the concept of renewing a product rather than buying new and throwing out the old parts such a waste.

Thanks again for the sample - good luck with your product! It's a great idea.
Will Halina

Jim,

    These sharpeners have helped me extend the life of my Norelco Advantage heads. I usually have to purchase new shaver heads every 10-11 months.

    With the Shaver Sharpeners I can, at least, double the life of my shaving heads. That's an incredible cost savings to me since the heads are so expensive. Best of all, it is so easy to sharpen my heads with the shaver sharpeners. It has become routine for me to sharpen them every couple of months to maintain the edge that the heads came with when they were new.
Thanks, Jim, for such a great product. You have saved me lots of money and given me a consistently clean and smooth shave.

Bill Schaefer-Colorado

Dear Mr. Voll:

Sorry for belated reply. I'll be honest: my shaver is just 3 months old,so I will not sharpen it in the nearest future. BUT! My friend has a 5 year old philishave shaver HQ5..., and he was glad to try your product and here is his feedback (he said you may use it for promotional purposes):
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appreciable shaving improvements noted. The blades cut more evenly, without pulling the hairs out. Can not advise, whether present shaving quality is just the same as new shaver provides, but to some extent definitely higher than before.
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Yours sincerely,
Anton

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, but the holidays have been busy. I have used your blade sharpener on two of my razors. I have a Remington R842 and a Norelco 4601X. The Remington was the razor I have been using and the first I used the sharpeners on. The sharpeners worked so well I used it on my old Norelco which I had retired when I brought the Remington. I had been using the Remington for about six months and was never as satisfied with it as the Norelco. After sharpening the Remington, it worked better than it did when it was new. I next sharpened the Norelco and though it worked well, I now prefer the Remington to the Norelco after sharpening both with your product. The only downside to your product was the instructions are a little skimpy. The sharpeners are made for the Norelco razor and so are the instructions, but I did not have any problem figuring out how to use them with the Remington.

Thank you
Jeffrey McGuire

Gentlemen: I just sharpened my Norelco shaver using your product. I would like to report that my four year old shaver is now shaving as close as when it was first purchased. Your product truly performs as advertised. I was going to purchase replacement cutting heads for my Norelco when I found your product on the internet. Instead of paying $25- $30 for a new set of cutting heads that will soon dull, I now have the option of reshapening my shaver as often as needed. My guess is that Phillips and Remington will not be very excited about this option.
Keep up the good work and try to increase your distribution in the United States.
Please feel free to use this testimonial on your web site.
Thanks again, Ron Brumleve

Jim, I have used your sharpeners on both my Reflex Action and Quadra Action razors and have noticed a marked improvement in their shaving performance. My Reflex Action Model 5865 is probably five years old while my Quadra Action Model 6885 is about two years old or so. Both units have their original cutters and heads and their shaving performance have deteriorated, based upon how long and hard I had to work to get a close shave, as compared to when the shavers were new. After using the Vollco sharpeners, the LCD display on the 6885 indicates that I am now spending approximately 2 minutes per shave, as compared to 4 minutes previously. I also have significantly less skin irritation since I no longer have to do multiple passes over the same spots to get a good shave.

Based on my experiences with the Vollco Sharpeners, I would heartily recommend them to anyone using a Norelco rotary razor. Your product has made my morning shave much more pleasant and helped me avoid having to open my wallet for a new set of cutters and heads!!!! What more could I ask for!!!.
Jaun Esparza.

I own a shaver shop in Perth western Australia. Two months ago I purchased from shaver shack a set of Vollco sharpeners. I decided to try them out on shavers that I was repairing for my customers. So far I have sharpened around 60 sets of Philips blades. I used only one set of sharpeners. Amazingly the sharpeners are showing minimal signs of ware. The blades that were sharpened were between three and six years old, the heads were in good condition, i.e. No dents, bumps, or missing fins. As
I had sharpened them for free, I asked the customers if they could spare the time to provide feedback about any improvements to the blades. To date seven customers came back and said they could not believe the difference, and around eighteen phoned to give similar results. Well done Vollco.
Ray W. Perth, Australia

Mr. Ed I. "For those of you with Philishave/Norelco 15 blade rotary shavers, you should all buy the Vollco Shaver Sharpening Heads.... While searching for the best price on new heads I happened upon the Vollco Shaver Sharpening Heads which sounded interesting, so I bought them and I have been extremely impressed. About once every week or two I run the blades in the Vollco for about 10 seconds and they come out like new! I'm sure Norelco isn't happy about this but I sure am.... 
Read the whole testimonial from Wednesday, April 05, 2000 on the Tell Mr. Steel Beard forum @  http://mywebpages.comcast.net/steelbeard1/tell01.htm

Jim, I was skeptical but you've made me a believer. Works great. Thanks. J. Wurtz  Nassau County, NY

Jeff Nord a shaver repair veteran for 15 years. of "Wm.D.Nord Jewelers" of Kalamazoo, Michigan wrote "My customers love them!   I do too...  This sure beats $30.00 a crack for new cutting heads".

Mr. Curtis Ricks of "National Appliance Repairs" reported, "one of our staff members used the heads (Vollco sharpeners) on a very dull shaver and could not believe the difference". 

Well, my 10+ year old Philishave packed 'er in this week, and I had to go out & get a new shaver. I went down to to the local hardware store & picked up the 4401 today and a pack of your 3 head shaver sharpeners.
I just tried shaving half my face with it right out of the box, and I still had a "rough cut". I decided to sharpen the heads, and re-did the job. I cannot believe the close shave that I got after sharpening the blades of the unit "right out of the box"! It goes to show you that the blades of a brand-new unit are dull, dull, dull! My advise to anybody with a brand-new Philishave/NorelCo unit would be to sharpen the blades before you use in for the first time.
Keep up the great work on an awesome product, Jim!
Yours sincerely, Greg Granger

The owner of a "Home Hardware Store" wrote "I tried them out on a dull set of heads, after following the instructions, they were razor sharp". 

Stuart Iverson, Wainwright town councilor stated; "I made the purchase (Vollco sharpeners), followed the simple instructions and my razor now shaves as well as it did when it was first given to me"

MONTREX (a mail order catalogue company out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada)  have sold this product for years and have never had one returned by an unsatisfied customer.