Thread: custom straight?

am i out of my mind for thinking about getting a custom job?

i am getting my tax refund, and i was going to get a new set of goalie pads and gloves for 1300...but then i was thinking about razors...and how i wanted one of the straightrazordesigns ones done by the maestro.

i have been shaving with a straight for maybe 8 months or so, and i know i will never be turning back.

i currently own a dovo bismark, henkles, and some other solingen i got from an antique store.

i really want an 8/8 damascas with mammoth ivory handle...i have been drooling over them since i saw them. but do i deserve one? am i worthy?

i dont know...i dont want to miss out on one of these and years down the road regret not getting one?

i am torn guys...am i too inexperienced to get one of these?

brussolino,


Everybody who shaves with a straight deserves one. It's just that everybody can't get one. I have also been drooling over those blades, but the only ones I can afford are less than $30 on ebay. Right now I can't even afford them and I told my wife the next one I get will be the srp official. I think everyone would be very proud and honored to have one of the maestro's razors. They look very very nice and most likely shave even better. They are art. And I am sure he takes great pride in every one he makes. If only we all had the skill and finess to make a great razor as those of the maestro. But for most that is a pipe dream. That is why he is the master and we are the loley students.

Keaton

I think you are never too new for a great razor.

For me its razor for me or a few weeks of summer camp for my son. Damm I wish he wasn't such a good kid... Dammm

Get it the razors are magnificent...I just bought four maestro razrs from lynn...

Originally Posted by clarman

Get it the razors are magnificent...I just bought four maestro razrs from lynn...

Now here is a man with Coin...... Well done.

Originally Posted by RichZ

Now here is a man with Coin...... Well done.

Not anymore!

RT

Its up to you of course. I always think about the cost of something minus the used value. If I spend $100 for a razor and I know I can sell it for $80 someday, I think of it as $20 spent on my love of razors, not $100.

I think that 8 months is way more than enough experience to spend any amount you want on a razor. I would absolutely NOT recommend one of those razor for a newbie, which you are not.

Well you asked for it so here goes.
I bought a Maestro not to long ago. It is the one pictured on the web site of the Buffalo Horn with Three Holes and a Damascus blade. It took me about two or months to get up the nerve to buy it. I emailed Lynn a few times about getting one. I finally got the nerve and coughed up the money, still coughing I think. The razor is so nice you will not want to shave with it for awhile. One thinks about putting it in a frame some times. This one has an 8/8 blade and large scales to go with it. The balance is really nice and so is the shave. Basically speaking they are very very nice razors. They come with a really nice wooden box and a Certificate of Authenticity plus a video of the Maestro making a razor from the blank to the finished product. Happy soul searching and hope you buy one.

Bill Watkins..........A pic of the razor is on my gallery and it is also the pic on name that will come with this post.

If you want a custom razor then by all means buy
yourself on. You are at the point now where shaving
with a straight is definately for you. Buy it and
enjoy.


Terry

Originally Posted by str8razor

This one has an 8/8 blade and large scales to go with it.

I'm just curious. why call it an 8/8 versus a 1 inch? I've never figured that out.