Thread: Hello from Turkey, and a question in the very first post.

Hello all,

Being embarassed thinking how much toxic waste I've created using shaving material all those years, finally I've bit the bullet and ordered two Shavettes from shavenation. I've always wanted to use straights but my ignorance on honing material and my honing abilities I always afraid of straight razors, I am not sure if I can get used to shave even with shavettes, but still I've decided to get a decent straight razor anyway, maybe for the regular use in the future, if I can't shave with it, for collection purposes.

My straight must be a pretty good one, custom honed and under 300$ originally but scales must be cherry red color, slight tortoise or fake horn pattern is ok, plexiglass looking transparent red scales are ok too.

So my very first question to you folks, is there a place or person you know of I can get a decent straight razor under $300 and after that have a custom honing and custom scale change too ? (with additional expense of course)
I can also purchase the straighr razor from somewhere else and send it to place where the honing and scale change will take place.

(For instance a Thiers Issard razor, T1 red stamina caught my uneducated eye because of the thumb groove on the tang, thumb groove should give a better control on the razor I guess, what do you say?)

https://www.theinvisibleedge.co.uk/l...ne-design.html


Thanks in advance.
Regards to all.

Welcome to the forum. Revisor in Germany may have some that fit your needs.

Here are a few of the new production razors with red transparent scales to get you started.

5/8" : 5-0021.

6/8" : 6-0003

6/8" : 6-0049

There are more and also some of the vintage ones may be to your liking too.

Here is their home page 6/8" : 6-0049 . There is lots to browse through.

Good luck in your quest.

Bob

Thanks Bob. Very nice razors, fits the bill also, but on the internet some says, Revisor steels are hard and brittle, hone unfriendly. I don't have any experience to judge if their comment is true.

Originally Posted by cbaytan

Thanks Bob. Very nice razors, fits the bill also, but on the internet some says, Revisor steels are hard and brittle, hone unfriendly.

The question then becomes, what stones were those "some" using to hone with, and also how good were those folks at honing.
Harder steel can be chippy when honed with the wrong hone,for lack of a better word, or when honed incorrectly.

Originally Posted by mainaman

for lack of a better word, or when honed incorrectly.

This is why I couldn't use starights. information is abundant and vary on the internet. (There is noone to help me in town also)

Wondering if this guy doing it correctly, if it's that easy I'll make a full start to straights, otherwise I don't wanna end up with ten's of honing stones lying around and still keep destroying the edges of the state of the art or vintage razors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXVW_S6VaBw

Originally Posted by cbaytan

Thanks Bob. Very nice razors, fits the bill also, but on the internet some says, Revisor steels are hard and brittle, hone unfriendly. I don't have any experience to judge if their comment is true.

That's the first time I hear this. Revisor razors are made with Herkenrath blanks, the same blanks used by Dovo and Ralf Aust.

The metal on every modern razor I have tried has always been harder than what you see on vintage razors. Thiers Issard being the hardest.

Having said this, if you want softer steel, get a proficiently honed carbon steel vintage razor. If you want to buy a new modern razor, Revisor or Ralf Aust.

Originally Posted by Badgister

That's the first time I hear this. Revisor razors are made with Herkenrath blanks

Thanks for the great info about brands, in case you wondered I read it from here:

Revisor, what to choose... | TheShaveDen

Originally Posted by cbaytan

This is why I couldn't use starights. information is abundant and vary on the internet. (There is noone to help me in town also)

Wondering if this guy doing it correctly, if it's that easy I'll make a full start to straights, otherwise I don't wanna end up with ten's of honing stones lying around and still keep destroying the edges of the state of the art or vintage razors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXVW_S6VaBw

To maintain your razor all you need is one stone and a strop.

Most people here recommend a naniwa 12k to beginners. If you want a natural stone, a coticule is a good choice.

You can also extend the time between honings using a pasted strop, such as chromium oxide.

It's really not as complicated as some make it out to be.

Originally Posted by cbaytan

This is why I couldn't use starights. information is abundant and vary on the internet. (There is noone to help me in town also)

Wondering if this guy doing it correctly, if it's that easy I'll make a full start to straights, otherwise I don't wanna end up with ten's of honing stones lying around and still keep destroying the edges of the state of the art or vintage razors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXVW_S6VaBw

If you want to learn about razor honing and maintenance watch those guys:

Lynn has lots of videos on honing, I suggest you watch them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

Glen has lots of videos on honing, watch them:
https://www.youtube.com/user/gssixgun/videos

Originally Posted by cbaytan

Thanks for the great info about brands, in case you wondered I read it from here:

Revisor, what to choose... | TheShaveDen

I'll leave it to Glen to explain his experiences with Revisor. On this forum I have not noticed complaints about the steel being chippy though.