Thread: Making a living..

One of the things that helped greatly was this very forum, meaning the workshop and later on the forge.
If I compare the amount of information available now and in 2006 when I joined, the difference is staggering. Apart from the volume of data, you can simply tell by the number of relatively inexperienced people who have started to make custom razors.

What Mike described could happen here with enough people interested in just making steel, blades, scales, etc. And even then, the straight razor world is nowhere near ready for that amount of razors. And even if it was, Dovo, Boker and TI would eat our lunch from the low end, and people like Livi would eat into the high end.

We are a long way from the point where razor manufacturing becomes a viable business model again.

Originally Posted by Bruno

We are a long way from the point where razor manufacturing becomes a viable business model again.

Do you think this applies to Hart? Are they bucking a trend or are they doomed?

I hope they are in the "niche" and are destined to make it...

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Do you think this applies to Hart? Are they bucking a trend or are they doomed?

I would say Hart falls more in line with my "mini Dovo" theory then a custom maker.
I would hope they have the ability to stay a float. If so, it could be a good sign that straight razor market has the ability to gain a little bit of ground (no mater how small..lol)