Thread: Please give me some feed back.

Originally Posted by mainaman

Exactly right.

There are many makers out there now, and a lot of them rely on fancy looks to stand out of the crowd and sell product. However tons of them forgot to make functional pieces that actually work. If a razor shaves well it will have a following even if it is not fancy looking, function over form always.

I might add to this that those established razor makers, like Bruno for instance, have mastered the fundamentals of creating a straight razor first, and have then consequently added flourish or exotic designs knowing that they still must function for the purpose they were intended.

In other words, walk before you run, learn how to make a straight razor as in the beautiful pics of classics posted above, when you can do that consistently, then you will understand how you can bring your own influence to your designs IMO.

It may be possible to completely ignore the straight razor aficionados and head directly to Ebay with your offering.

Welcome to SRP Ravenfieldblades,
How about a proper introduction? a link to your facebook page? wont comment on the razor from this original post, others fine members allready did that.

I think you will find that the majority of the members here are regular users of straight razors. As such the function over form is very important, everyone want a great shave. You picture has the appearance of an artistic design rather than functional form. There are a number of custom makers that are here. You could check out their designs to see what they are doing in terms of functional design as a point of reference. A stroll around in the forge and the workshop will give you an idea as to which guys are here often and most of them have websites. There is a ton of knowledge here and if you are looking for a group to help you find function in your razor designs this is probably a good place for you.

I appreciate everyone's input and I will say that some of what was said is helpful.

Are you the owner of Ravenfield Blades as listed on Linkedin as a Knife and Razor Company? If so it would be nice to see some other examples of straight razors you have made and sold. Are they similar to the design you have asked for comments on?

Bob

Originally Posted by Martin103

Welcome to SRP Ravenfieldblades,
How about a proper introduction? a link to your facebook page? wont comment on the razor from this original post, others fine members allready did that.

He's not a registered vendor. In my opinion, such as it is, he's already gotten sufficient advertising by registering a username that matches his business and then posting here. Anybody that is interested can find more information with a simple google search so I don't think any links are needed.

As stated before I really appreciate the comments and just to update those who may care or want to continue to comment here is the newest picture.


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Egads man, get hold of yourself!

To be real honest i'm more of a traditional fellow. I kind of like the old Wade and Butchers joseph rogers frederick reynolds and so on. The shape of your blade looks kool but for a person like me too out there. I'm sure others will have there opinion.