Thread: Small Perfect Diamond or...

I asked this question once, whether you would choose a small diamond free of imperfections or a larger diamond with imperfections but clearly more noticeable due to its size. So I turn this to razors: would you rather have a mint or near mint condition, let's say Greaves Sheffield razor or a dozen or so fully servicible buffer queens, I think they are called? You can fill in the Greaves with any big Sheffield as they now seem (and maybe for some time) to be hitting the stratosphere in price on the bay.

Buy the best you can afford,glad I did when I still had a job,The razors I have today in my rotation would never happen today

Best to get both! Greaveses have souls, you know. Big and smaller, the steel is great.
It's about time they were getting the recognition amongst more famous antique brands, IMO

Not a good comparison because a razor can be restored to look like new (most of the time) and perform that way.
A big cheap diamond is just a chunk of carbon full of imperfections and you can't do anything about that.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Not a good comparison because a razor can be restored to look like new (most of the time) and perform that way.
A big cheap diamond is just a chunk of carbon full of imperfections and you can't do anything about that.

And, once you've given that broad the diamond, she'll only want another one... bigger, and more expensive. Stick with straight razors! :-) (and keep the carbon in the steel, where it belongs)

When I first got into it I'd buy razors that I wouldn't give a second look to six months into it. Now the three things I look at in a 'vintage' razor are, condition, condition and condition. The diamond doesn't have to be 'perfect' but it has to be real close.

I'll politely disagree, most razors are not restored to look like new. For one thing a lot of us do not know what a razor looked like coming out of the factory in the 19th century. I do agree that they can be made to perform as good as new. Once you have lost a crisp edge (not the cutting edge) anywhere on the razor you are never going to get close to new again.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Not a good comparison because a razor can be restored to look like new (most of the time) and perform that way.
A big cheap diamond is just a chunk of carbon full of imperfections and you can't do anything about that.

For me, I prefer my 9/8 Greaves more then the dozen or so smaller ones in my collection. Don't get me wrong, some of the smaller ones not as perfect shave amazing as well, that's why I kept them.

At the end of the day though, the Greaves would be the last man standing if the ship went down

Originally Posted by ZeroCool

For me, I prefer my 9/8 Greaves more then the dozen or so smaller ones in my collection. Don't get me wrong, some of the smaller ones not as perfect shave amazing as well, that's why I kept them.

At the end of the day though, the Greaves would be the last man standing if the ship went down

i dont think the point is the size of the razor. i have only just got my first nos razor a week ago which if i had to chose between owning all my others or that one, i would have to keep my nos feon 13/16 square point.

That's true Bombay. Although my Greaves isn't nos, it was restored to what I feel better then original (or so I guess since I haven't seen a nos greaves). That and the way it shaves puts it at the top of my list.

I'd love to get my hands on a quality nos anything one day to see what it would have been like.