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Hi everyone, not long had a desposible straight razor , and want to bye a new proper staight razor (the business) any advice on a good starter one( manufacturer) ready and easy to strop, and won't need honing on a stone for a long time. Either made in UK or Germany is most preferable,also any advice on desent strops manufactured in same locations:tu.
Any advise would be most welcome and greatly appreciated.
Dovo springs to mind for both Razor and Strop, but I don't know of any UK sellers of Shave Ready Razors.
Mick
Ok thanks Mick
Hadrada79,
Welcome and hello from Hastings :)
Mr Dempster supplies new Dovo & Thiers-Issard razors that are shave ready :
Introduction to razors
For razor honing, restorations, strops etc, Mr Neil Miller would be my recommendation (he is a very, very fine chappie to business with :) :
Vintage Straight Razor Sales & Restorations, Hand Made Strops, UK Razor Honing and Vintage Hone Stones
Have fun !
Best regards
Russ
+1 on Neil Miller, he comes highly recommended by me.
also there is Straight Razors for Sale - RestoredRazors - i have never used this website though
Thanks to you both, I will look in to it, wear are issard manufactured to then? Many thanks:)
you are welsh! they are manufactured in Thiers but are sold on the same website as the dovo link posted by phatman
Bombay,
The site 'RestoredRazors' looks to be run by Mr Dave Glynn, who is well known in the safety razor world (Modern and Vintage Safety Razors, Shaving Brushes, Creams and Soaps - SafetyRazors.co.uk)
His re-plating work is excellent, and I have bought quite a number of GEM & Ever-Ready SE razors from him :)
Hadrada79 - the Thiers-Issard (TI) razors are made in France. The 'new' TI C135 steel is made very hard, and once these razors edges are dialed in, for me, they keep the edge for much longer than any other straight razor I have :)
Have fun !
Best regards
Russ
Theirs? Why do u think I be welsh then? Thanks to you both that sounds good actually good advice sound like that's what I want cheers;)
Just took a look at the C1 35 blade they look good think I will be happy with that one , I haven't a thick beard so hopefully will keep its edge for longer for me than someone who has. Do you rate any type of Damascus razors for beginners or is this a awkward subject.:)
manufactured TO then. like- wheres that to? i have never heard anyone English say that before, Welsh people will throw a to into a sentence anywhere where they are not needed.
all the issard razors are the same, you're just paying more for the handle material. i think they have a new design which goes in at the heel or something which you should probably avoid that one
The one I was looking at does go in at the heel I believe , why should I avoid that one?
Bristolians say to that is we're I'm from :)
it just looks like an accident waiting to happen to me but i have no experience with it.
So, what's wrong with being Welsh now? And just as a point of interest Australians will also throw a 'to' or two into a sentence unnecessarily!
Mick
are you being serious Mick? i havent said there was anything wrong with being Welsh. have you heard how a Geordie talks?
It is necessary its just other people font use the right grammar
Don't not font :)
No. I just forgot to add the smiley in there...But if you had something against the Welsh, and therefore me (Well the best half of me anyway), I might have taken a little umbrage! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bombay
Mick
haha ok. no i went to newport university so now i feel an initiated honorary member of Wales, well newport atleast
Croeso i'r Cymru! :D
Mick
Sorry chaps just wondered if you did know of any good Damascus straight razors for beginners ( keep there edge for a long time) are they any good?cause they do look nice :)
All good damascus will be expensive. Even the ones made my manufactures are expensive, fetching around 1,000 USD.
Yes, don't be fooled by cheap Damascus. It doesn't exist in Quality!
Mick
Thanks to you both, Il stay clear from them then il stick to the Ti c135, cheers :)