Quote Originally Posted by Razorthin View Post
I've been doing this now for 40 days or so. Enough time to say I am sold on SR shaving from here on. I now own two 6/8 Dovo SR and I like the weight, feel and balance of them. I'd like to venture and try a larger blade, possibly a 7/8, possibly a custom made one. Any suggestions about where to look for one? I wouldn't want to spend over $400 since I still have a lifetime to collect straight razors.
I (no offense) don't believe you have the knowledge to really "know" what you want yet, so I actually won't recommend a custom right now. Do you even know if you like a big blade? You like full, half, or quarter hollows? What I do recommend is looking at & trying some of the commercial blades of various sizes & grinds as they are more affordable.

Where in TX are you at? If you are around my neck of the woods, north of Paris, then bring a beard and everything else but a blade & you can sample everything from 8/8 to 4/8.