Thread: Poll : What size razor do you prefer ? Why ?

Gentlemen, I prefer 6/8 and 7/8 razors, although currently all my blades are 6/8, except for eight 5/8 blades, and I have no 7/8 razors left. I am considering adding a 7/8 to my collection, though, but no decision on brand yet. I prefer to go with a new-old-stock full hollow German razor. For some reason the 6/8 razor especially feels comfortable in my small hands. In time I have discovered the same thing with the 7/8. The one size I dislike is the 4/8, and anything bigger than a 7/8 erases my comfort zone.

I voted 7/8. To me that's the perfect balance of size and heft with out compromising maneuverability. I tend to prefer any blade 6/8-8/8. I find that 5/8 have to be rinsed too often and the weight and balance of the blade is not preferable to me over a slightly larger blade.

With a 7/8 you can shave almost half ur face w/o a rinse and have enough weight to the blade that let's it do all the work. I wish a lot of the currant production offerings would be available in 7/8 with out having to go custom- but at the end of the day I'm a vintage guy anyway.... God knows there was no shortage of 7/8 blades back in the day so I guess I'm good to go!

I am fond of insane logic.

Originally Posted by Birnando

I use, and like, anything from a 5/8 to a 10/8.
My vote was 7/8 though, as that is a middle ground of sorts

As I am 6'5" I reckon a 7/8 to me is like a 5/8 to all those guys situated a bit closer to mother earth

4/8 for me. They are more fun to shave with, IMO. They're agile, nimble.


I think that if production razors were 8/8 to 10/8, the custom guys would be getting orders for 14/8. We are wired to want something bigger than the other guy has.

I'm an average 6' tall guy, but i love 7/8.
Not so heavy as 8/8 or more.
A little more weight of a 6/8. A lot more of charisma!!

started shaving with a straight about a year ago. I started with a 5/8 boker that I got from SRD, and loved it. Then I got a Mistro Levi New Grind at 6/8, and loved it more. Then I got a restored Geldmacher 7/8 wedge on ebay from lax1mxr and i loved it even more! So I voted 7/8. I would love to try bigger blades 8/8+ but I could see it being cumbersome to use. 7/8 seems perfect for me. Plus, the razor budget doesnt allow for anymore blades at the moment!

I choose 10/8, because I'm a little guy & a 10/8 makes me feel like a big guy.

Maybe I'm one of the few, but I have over 30 straights & I have never measured any of them. I like all the sizes, but favor large wedge style blades for collecting. Then again, my best shaves come from razors about half the size of my large razors.

My two best shavers are
15/16 carbo-magnetic
And my 8/8 henckels with a Spanish point
I believe the first one is a 3/4 hollow because the blade is pretty rigid. The henckels is a bit softer but just as sharp. At first I hated the scraping sound of the hollow grinds, but now I have come to expect it. Both of the razor because of the grind make superb sounds when stropping and shaving.

I do think that larger razors might present a a.c.and cost problem for production manufacturers like dovo, thiers issard, etc. specially when they are hollow grinds. Now most custom jobs that I have seen here have very mild grinds, add that to the ability to control your product quality makes an 8/8 a viable choice for production.