Thread: Next razor? purchase advice.

Although I do have a few nice razors generally speaking I use my featherlight shaveette (sp) due to the connivence of not having to hone as I am just to lazy sometimes. Anyway the bug has bit and I want to buy a Brand new shiny razor so its between a Hart or A big wedge if I can find one with in my budget.
So what do you guys think wait to find the wedge or go with a Hart ?

Thanks
Shayne

Hi Shayne, pleased to meet you !

Do you really want a shave-ready wedge or are you willing to restore one ?

"Brand-new shiny wedges" are real nice, sure, but the experience of
restoring a good vintage blade is very satisfying. All that history .

So far, I've never bought a new straight (except G.D. 66's) so maybe
I'm not qualified to give an opinion here.

Whatever you decide, let us know !! (and post photos) .

Bongo.

Ya , I am not a restore it myself kinda guy (no tools , no time to do it but most importantly no desire to ) . I currently do not own a Fresh out the box razor all of mine are restores I have bought from here so I am not opposed at all to buying redone wedge.

I hear you mate !!

I've bought several restored straights from the SRP Classifieds and have been VERY happy.
Keep looking before you decide on the Hart if you don't have a deadline.

Bongo.

I heard quite mixed reports on the hart razors, but maybe that was just the early ones, I am unsure. From your post it sounds like you really want a wedge, so thats what I would wait for. Other than that I can't comment as I don't own either.

Hi Shayne,
You crave for A Brand new Shiny Razor. You are in doubt whether it shall be a Hart or a wedge. Here we are entering two totally different worlds.
A Hart is a brand.
A wedge is a type.
I don't own a single Hart but I spent quite some time on the firm´s site. I must say, it looks good. On a non custom´s base it offers the opportunity to compose a razor by means of a pre-baked formula. There are lots of choices. But as far as I found, there is no choice in type of grind at all. It´s all 1/1 hollow and that´s it.
A wedge is a basic type of razor manufactured many decades ago, I quote C. Moss: "Practically all modern straight razors, and a large majority of those made over the last 130 years are fully hollowed."
I'm not going to open a new thread about The Wedge Razor vs Hollow Ground here because they can be found in abundance on this site.
So, in my humble opinion, you will never find a Brand New Wedge. In the days that these type of razors were manufactured people did not collect them in order to throw them on the market after a century and a few generations later as NOS.
In these days, let alone exemptions that I'm not aware of, is the closest thing to a wedge, present to acquire brand new, a 1/4 hollow. And as far as know, this grind is not offered by the regular manufacturers. The 1/4 hollow world is ruled by the custom makers. This is a club of which the firm Hart is not a member.
I'd like to read the result of your decision.
Regards,
Joost

Gentlemen,
I must return to my conclusion that Hart Steel manufacture 1/1 hollow razors. I appear to have relied on images, and then have that taken for granted. Coincidentally I walked on the Web at a review of which showed that Hart Steel razor is a quarter hollow and that Tim Zowada has had a hand on the design of the razor. Also my conclusion that near wedges can only be found on the custom market is therefore wrong.
My apologies.
Joost