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I am new and looking to purchase a 'good' razor and one that I will 'practice' with. Is this
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/a...mwodrazor1.jpg
worth it?
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I just read the rules and realized I posted this in the wrong area:chop:
It appears I don't have the ability to delete so will someone please move it to the appropriate section. Thank you very much.
I'm not sure about them. They don't appear to be on the razor's to avoid list. I'd be careful. Even a practise razor needs to be functional, or you can't improve whatever aspect you're practising.
agreed.
I found it odd that there wasn't one post containing the brand name of the razor thank you much.
I could have sworn that these were on the NoGo list... I have not actually ever touched one of these, but a general rule of thumb is that any new production razor that is neither a TI or a DOVO (and sub-brands) is suspect.....
You know those shoulders look very Double Arrowish
Hey there is a thought you can buy a Double Arrow and we know those are usable and they are $9-$11 all day long on E-bay
What about Wacker?Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
Picks pepper out of the salt and answers "New Production Razor"Quote:
Originally Posted by BeBerlin
Which the Wacker re-grinds are not, unless of course I am out of date and Herr Wacker has now started producing blades??? which I did not know of, which could be entirely possible, as I do not know everything...
To answer though yes the Wackers are good razors and I would personally buy everyone I could at $14
This page says "forged": Damast-Rasiermesser - I shall investigate on your behalf. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
So would I. Unfortunately, their prices are a lot higher than that. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
I think I heard he's making the new Bokers. Is that possible?Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
re: Double Arrow, Gold Dollar too, Maxim not much of a stretch and there's only one way to know.
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Originally Posted by xman
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I thought DOVO had a hand in the new Boker, and the new C-MON, and the new Henckels.... Lots of "New" names out there in the last year....
I've heard Wacker = Böker, and Dovo = Henckels. I'll find out for you, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
Equally off topic: I have seen around 50 Wacker razors, and they were mostly good. Some minor problems with the goldwash, but otherwise excellent. I know that over in another forum a certain someone has dissed them, but I have not seen any of the problems the poor fella encountered.
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Originally Posted by gssixgun
I would like to thank you guys for proving my original statement correct though... As now we have to research these brands that have come up
so Thank You... :D:D
Back to topic, I wouldn't buy that. If anything I would get a $10 vintage or a DA. If you can't find any, you can have one of my junkers.
Isn't Herr Wacker (and some other "old timers") involved with the Revisor restart?
I can't find double arrow razors on ebay
Didn't want to say anything because I wasn't sure if the seller posted new stock or not. But there hasn't been DA's on ebay for quite some time now.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaxLOL
Only thing I can find on these is they are mostly sold by
wholesaler's. So can you say overseas crap :td
I wouldn't shave a rubber chicken with this peice of :cen
Now, maybe they'd be poo in hand....but they don't look too bad...
Am I the only person thinking "Dang, $14 new scales for my beat-up old I-XL!" ?
YES wacker = Boker!
I'm thinking "you get what you pay for and those scales must be about $7.50. No way I'm putting those on any of my razors. Probably won't even fit anyway...nope, I'm going to call Glen or Mike for new scales." :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BKratchmer
I pm'd a guy that bought this razor and he said that while it looked pretty it is not sharp.
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I bought it for myself, to use for shaving. It isn't nearly sharp enough yet, but it does have a nice feel to it, the blade centers in the scales nicely, and I'm hopeful it will be usable.
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Originally Posted by Leighton
Yeah, but sometimes you're paying for materials and child labor...which is a significant savings over real, American craftsmanship!
Maxam is to knives as what zeepk is to razors. Their knives are made-in-china knockoffs with mystery stainless steel, and I can't imagine their razors to be any better. :shrug:
I don't know how come i haven't seen this early. i have experience with this brand.
This is chinese made straight razor and when they advertise they say "even you can shave with it."
This blade is wedge blade and will not keep the edge until you put up at least 4 layer's of tape.
i did finally get it sharp enough(not same as we used to get sharpness from regular razor).
it is very cheap blade i assume less then 10$ but has very nice handle.
My advise keep yourself away from it. You will have less headache.
hope this help.
if anyone can add this to wiki go head do so.