Thread: Why we need many razors

Originally Posted by wvbias

A never ending search for the Holy Grail of razors.......



Terry

Aint that the God's honest truth. Every once in awhile I see one that I just have to try. Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're great, but I'm still looking for out and out awsome.

At the same time, I'm afraid of the day that I find it...that means I'll have to put away or sell all of my old friends and I don't think I could stand that.

It's the striving that we live for...once you attain all of your goals, it's time to die.

Ed (Goodness, that sounds much more morbid than I intended)

Originally Posted by ForestryProf

At the same time, I'm afraid of the day that I find it...that means I'll have to put away or sell all of my old friends and I don't think I could stand that.

Ed (Goodness, that sounds much more morbid than I intended)

But Ed that will never happen because just when you think you have found it another will come along..that you will just have to have

Originally Posted by RichZ

But Ed that will never happen because just when you think you have found it another will come along..that you will just have to have

Yes, I see this happening. I think as long as you have the discipline to sell something that you have already tried for a while you might be able to stay out of trouble. I also understand why some people here say if you outbid them you did them a favor - but we all know this is only true fopr SOME razors, I think. Like if I have waited for this particular razor for 1 year or so - let me be the first to say I don't need such favors

For all my talk, here I stand less than 1 month after I ventured into straights, with the following razors:

Hermann Hoppe 5/8 Spike (Joe C)
WKC 7/8 Round
Torrey / Bill Ellis 6/8 Round
Filarmonica 8/8 Round
Badaud 6/8 1/4 hollow barber's notch
Wade & Butcher 5/8 barber's notch
Boker 5/8
Wostenholm IXL 5/8 frameback
A couple of practice blades for honing, etc.

I have shaved with the first 3 only, can't wait to try the rest. Plan to add / try at some point:
Puma
Dubl Duck
Henckels
Dorko
Genco

Maybe some others

I won't be getting new razors soon, but I think I'll revisit all of my old ones, polish the ones that need it and make new scales for all but the Bismarck as it's a brand new piece with nice bone scales. I'll start with the Wade and Butcher (as it doesn't have any scales), to get the feel of the process, then get more technical and build scales that will take the caps for the Genco and then routinely just play with the rest of them. (*)

(*) If I find another Taylor's 6/8 (restoration project) or a Kron Punkt for under $20, I will stray from the plan of action.

Originally Posted by izlat

For all my talk, here I stand less than 1 month after I ventured into straights, with the following razors:

Hermann Hoppe 5/8 Spike (Joe C)
WKC 7/8 Round
Torrey / Bill Ellis 6/8 Round
Filarmonica 8/8 Round
Badaud 6/8 1/4 hollow barber's notch
Wade & Butcher 5/8 barber's notch
Boker 5/8
Wostenholm IXL 5/8 frameback
A couple of practice blades for honing, etc.

I have shaved with the first 3 only, can't wait to try the rest. Plan to add / try at some point:
Puma
Dubl Duck
Henckels
Dorko
Genco

Maybe some others

Wow nice. Where did you get the 8/8 Filarmonica? I'm just as bad! It's addictive. But what about Revisor, TI, ...
Sorry Ivo but I was going to give you a link to shavingshop.com where they were selling Henckels 8/8 for $100 with plastic scales. But the sale must be over. I wanted to get one of those but couldn't decide if I wanted other scales and just bite the bullet. There are a lot of cool razors over there.

John

Originally Posted by mrcleanhead

Sorry Ivo but I was going to give you a link to shavingshop.com where they were selling Henckels 8/8 for $100 with plastic scales. But the sale must be over. I wanted to get one of those but couldn't decide if I wanted other scales and just bite the bullet.

I got one of those a few months ago, and later sent it out to papabull for oryx scales. I've now got a matched pair of 8/8 round tip and 7/8 square tip friodurs with oryx scales :-) They're pretty sweet.

Very nice. I went to the site to check out the oryx.

John,

I know the site and have been looking at the Friodurs - believe me! It's just that I want a Friodur with a worked back and nice scales. Oryx looks great! But all this would cost me a bit, and while currently I'm alright, I need to space out acquisitions. Most of the blades I got were one-of-a-kind deal or ebay, and I figured the Shaving shop isn't gooing anywhere, and there are quite a few Friodurs listed, so it's on the back burner. I also need to decide if I want 7/8 or 8/8 for the Friodur...

Cheers
Ivo