Just wanted to say thanks for all the good advice and the kind offer from Lynn. Jimbo is coming to the rescue again (what a great bloke!) and he's going to have a play with the Le Grelot. Fortunately, postage to Jimbo is overnight, whereas sending it forth and back to the US will take a lot longer. I'm hoping that when the razor gets back, that pretty much rules out all other options and it's now down to me using the right technique and some of the suggestions posted here.

Thanks again guys.

Cheers

Jeremy