Thread: New Guy with a Question or 2.

Originally Posted by cwrighta70

I would strongly recommend looking in the Classifieds on this forum. There are plenty of QUALITY razors, many vintage, that are shave ready for well under $100.00

Good luck!
Chris

This is one of the places I was looking at for them...

I think that most people find it difficult to hone some of these "unknown" razors. The Zeepk case have been well documented. If you can get it sharp, that is another story. For the sake of comparison, as others have suggested, you may want to consider buying a "good" razor and make your own conclusions. it may be very informative if you post your results.

Al raz.

I'll do that..It does give my arms a nice close smooth shave now, but the face is the true test. I can compare it to my throw away razors. Then when I get a Good razor.

Thinking on one from here for a used one & This one for a New one. There is also This one as well. What does everyone think of my 2 choices on a new Razor?

Either of those would be good IMO.

The razors are both good. I think that you can do a bit better with prices. Check SRD.

Al raz.

Believe it or not, “stainless steel”, especially “surgical grade” is usually the kiss of death for a straight razor. The steel just crumbles when it is sharpened thin enough to be truly shave sharp. Exceptions are Inox stainless, cryogenically tempered, usually in the $150 plus range.

If you got your cheapy shaving arm hair it is PROBABLY still junky but that is better than I ever got my cheapie. A good edge on a straight will plow arm hair off in a puffy ridge, no effort, it will almost seem magical that it happens. Just some basic “what is sharp” info. If you take it to your face just don’t push or hack. This is the difference between a $100 blade and a $10 blade. Personally I think there must be some decent cheapies out there, though I have not encountered them. Only other thing I can warn you about is don’t drive yourself crazy trying to get a shaving edge on steel that will never take the edge even if you are doing it right. Practice is good unless it is doomed to be futile. The Dovo will at least give you a solid benchmark of what good steel will feel like, both honing and in shaving.

Originally Posted by mysticguido

Thinking on one from here for a used one & This one for a New one. There is also This one as well. What does everyone think of my 2 choices on a new Razor?

for that kind of money i'll pick the tortoise special at straihtrazordesigns. actually, before that i'd pick a vintage razor in the classifieds.