Thread: Best quality razor

Here I go again

I know these razors are best left where they are right now (not in my hand) but I still can't let it go... The reason for looking at one is to get a razor and practice my honing skills before I pass on to my grandpa's razor.

Are the Super-duper-best-of-all-delux-quality-ever razors still crap, or are they good enough for this? I do get a razor for $6 and another $5 for the shipping to Sweden...

If you are talking about using new cheap rubbish razors for learning to hone I would not advise you to do so. You are better getting old (junk) razors off ebay and learn t to hone with them, they may never again be a decent razor but oce they were good. They will be made of good steel that can take an edge and allow you to learn to hone before moving on to better razors. The new cheap razors from Pakastian are not good enough to take an edge and allow you to learn to hone.

Hmm, you're in Sweden, the local antique shops should be stuffed to the gills with old heljestrands, tornbloms, eric anton bergs, and hellbergs. All of these are great shaving razors, right up there with the best ever made. Why not snag a few of those and hone them up before tackling your grandpa's razor.

Thanks guys, that was exactly what I wanted to hear, straight up answers!
I'll scan the local shops for old razors and see what I can do with them...

As I'm very much a get-it-now kind of person I couldn't stop looking at ebay. It must be some kind of drug

Anyway... I bid on some razors but got outbid all the time. But last night I finally got a winning bid! A Shumate razor withe black celluloid handle. It got some stains, but I think it will work fine as a learn-how-to-hone razor.

Some days back I also bought a hone from Tilly over eBay. So some time next week I'll get both a hone and a razor. Very nice

Originally Posted by mparker762

Hmm, you're in Sweden, the local antique shops should be stuffed to the gills with old heljestrands, tornbloms, eric anton bergs, and hellbergs. All of these are great shaving razors, right up there with the best ever made. Why not snag a few of those and hone them up before tackling your grandpa's razor.

If so I think many of us would like to buy one of you. The swedish razors on ebay are often not in very good nick.

You could look at www.tradera.com which is a auction site just like eBay. There are some straight razors there as well.

But, sure, I'll look into the swedish razors when I get a chance...

How much would you like to pay for a razor that has some stains and - ofcourse - is not honed? I'm not looking to earn money, just to know how much I should pay for them...

Now we need a short straight razor vacabulary English-Swedish.