Thread: Zeepk?

Don't kill me for this, but is Zeepk a decent brand? I'm looking for an alternative to my Gillette Mach 3. I like to go 3 or 4 days without a shave and my scruff gets to long for the spaces between the blades so I get snagged. I was thinking a straight blade would solve the problem but SHEESH these blades are expensive! I can get a strop and blade combo from Zeepk on Ebay for under $30. Are these $100 - $300 blades really that much better? Why?

If it's just fancy handles and big names then I'm fine with mass fabricated products, but if there is a significant difference in the metals perhaps I should make the plunge. Still, $100 is a big investment for a shave; especially when I don't know how long a blade will last.

Can anyone offer clarification on this? I'd appreciate it.

Welcome to SRP.

Zeepk is among a number of manufacturers that have made it onto our Brands of Straight Razors to avoid, which also gives some reasons as to why these razors had best be avoided.

Our Beginner's guide to straight razor shaving has some answers to your other questions. Currently, there is a number of good razors for little money to be had in the Classifieds. Using the recommended basic equipment, you should be able to stay below USD 100 for an initial setup without much of a problem.

Good luck.

Welcome to SRP.

No, we don't really kill people with our razors, even if they scream sometimes when we use Zeepk on them....

There is a lot of the fancy handles, steels, handforging, limited runs etc. that can make a razor expensive, but that's not usually the case.

Zeepk is bad not because it's cheap, it's bad because it's not made of good steel with good tempering.

There are many options if you don't want to spend too much money to try this out. Reputable vendors, the restorers, the classifieds on this site....

Of course it's not as cheap as a $20 pack of cartridges, but it's not terribly expensive either.

Zeepk is No. #1 in their field!! They make the finest butter knives, letter openers and other such blunt edged tools!
For razors though try some proven brand. Hang around and read a little here and there and you will soon discover which razors are well thought of and which are plain junk!

You pay more for quality names of razors because they have been found to be better, thus more attractive, and so they command a higher price. The grind of the razor, the quality of the steel, and the quality, style, and material of the scales also have a dramatic impact on the price of a razor. I have seven ugly razors I have kept in my locker at a gym for 4 years. None of them are pretty, as they all have "blemishes" due to their age and former mistreatment. Fact is, they all shave great and that's the main thing I care about.

I happen to have two cheap ugly razors for sale in the Classifieds right now.

Point of fact, there are other quality cheap razors also for sale there. You CAN get a good shaver for less then fifty bucks. It just might not be as pretty or impressive as the more expensive ones but they can still work just fine.

Originally Posted by razornewbie

Still, $100 is a big investment for a shave; especially when I don't know how long a blade will last.

How long will a blade last?
How about for the rest of your life?
A lot of the razors we are using are well over a hundred years old. Even if you use a single razor every day, with care I bet it could last the rest of your life

A few weeks ago, I was in the EXACT same position as you.

I was looking to switch from a mach3 to a straight, but on a budget.

I suspected that all the bad things people say on here about zeepk were just about snobbishness and fancy handles and shaving with something expensive.

I was wrong.

Completely and totally wrong.


My first straight razor purchase was a 4 piece set of zeepk razors, a zeepk strop and a zeepk barber hone.

There are no words which can adequately express how terrible that garbage is, and I'm still trying to get a refund.

You can NOT shave with a zeepk razor. The only way it would be possible, is if you owned a full set of hones ($150-$300) and honed the razor new for each shave.

Take a look at our classifieds. You can find shave ready used razors for $30-$60 on a good day, and used strops as well.

Originally Posted by VeeDubb65

You can NOT shave with a zeepk razor. The only way it would be possible, is if you owned a full set of hones ($150-$300) and honed the razor new for each shave.

Actually, that's not quite accurate...
You'd also have to do some honing DURING the shave!

It's funny 'cuz it's true.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Actually, that's not quite accurate...
You'd also have to do some honing DURING the shave!

It's funny 'cuz it's true.

Like after each stroke... you'd still be scraping the crap out of your face.

Actually, you might do better trying to shave by wearing down your beard with the hone than with a zeepk

Originally Posted by Del1r1um

Like after each stroke... you'd still be scraping the crap out of your face.

Actually, you might do better trying to shave by wearing down your beard with the hone than with a zeepk

Yes, but he's got a Zeepk hone so he'd still be out of luck!