Thread: Favotie Sheffield razor?

Hey yall.... I just recently started to get more razors to learn to work on and was wondering more about the Sheffield razors. I have yet to shave with a vintage Sheffield razor, but looking forward towards doing so...... I have a few W&B, Greaves, Rodgers, etc, and others but wondering which ones do you like best and why? Feel free to post pics and tell me about your razor. I hope everyone is doing well and thanks!

I have tried a few and started collecting them long ago. Can't say I have a favorite. An 8/8 Greaves sticks in my mind as a top contender though. I have some really really ( not as old as Zak's) Sheffeilds I am going to restore someday. I could go on like this but I best just say , I haven't had a razor yet I didn't like.

As long as its wedgie, and has a big ol smile, doesn't matter what the name is.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

As long as its wedgie, and has a big ol smile, doesn't matter what the name is.

So no loyalties? lol

What Will Rodgers said about people I'll say about Sheffield razors, I've never met one I didn't like.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

What Will Rodgers said about people I'll say about Sheffield razors, I've never met one I didn't like.

So no real difference in them then in other words?

Originally Posted by Willisf

So no loyalties? lol

I have W&B, J. Rodgers, J. Elliot, Greaves, F. Reynolds, and some others that aren't smiling wedges, and I really do like them all. For a while I really liked my 4 J. Rodgers blades, but recently really digging my F. Reynolds blades. Probably because they are the newest ones right now. I have 2 in my rotation and one needing scales that I'm dying to get done and use. I also have a Tally Ho that I'm itching to get done and will probably be looking for another one of those soon.

These are two of my favourite Sheffies but only because of what is marked on the blades.



This is another one and for 2 reasons. The first being it is one of the earlier, maybe earliest, razors made of stainless steel and secondly it was sold by the very Canadian store T Eaton.





Notice that I like them for the Canadian connection and not because they shave head and shoulders above any of the Swedish, German, American, Spanish or French razors I have.The only bad shaves I have had with a straight razor were when my technique was off or the edge I put on it was off.

Bob

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I have tried a few and started collecting them long ago. Can't say I have a favorite. An 8/8 Greaves sticks in my mind as a top contender though. I have some really really ( not as old as Zak's) Sheffeilds I am going to restore someday. I could go on like this but I best just say , I haven't had a razor yet I didn't like.

I hear ya..... I have yet to shave with a vintage Sheffield....the "Big boys"..... I can't wait!

I wasn't really chasing Sheffield when I got my sole British razor. I just needed a second blade and stumbled across a clean-looking John Williams 5/8 for $75. Had it sent to Obie for honing and it shaves quite well.