Thread: Largest blade shaved with

my wife thinks I'm crazy shaving with a 7/8 RA blade. She calls it a Weapon Sized blade that suitable for chopping vegetables! Lurking in the forums I have definately seen some huge blades that members have restored but I always wondered did they really shave with something like that? What's the biggest blade you have successfully shaved with and still have both ears and your nose!

Greg

Shaved with a 9/8 and many 8/8. Personally anything bigger than 6/8 is cumbersome especially if you are a full face shaver.

An 8/8 Filarmonica.

10/8 custom,was fun My daily drivers are all 8/8s.

I have a 7/8 in my rotation, but prefer a 5/8 or 6/8 for my daily shaving. I have seen some of the blades you are taking about, and can't picture ever using them!

I have several 9/8's which I use regularly and pretty much every shave is 8/8...I'll mix things up with some smaller blades, usually framebacks...but on the whole love the big blades, just feel better in my hand and seem to have better control of them....as always, YMMV.

Biggest for me is around 9/8.

On the "extremes," I think bigger is easier to handle (honing, stropping, and shaving) than smaller. I hate doing 3/8 blades.

8/8 is the largest blade I've shave with. The Henckel 14. I've used I guess what use to be 8/8 but now is 15/16 and several 7/8. the smallest has been 4/8 and to truthful as far as shaving goes the checks and the chin the larger blades are great but the adams apple area the smaller work better for me.

Hands down this is the biggest blade I have ever shaved with @ just shy of 11/8 or 34 mm...

My wolfpack thats a big un!...

Just finished my evening shave with my 9/8 Snail Forge (Bruno) smiling chopper. Its actually a lot nimbler than it looks.