Thread: Haryali Razors

hi all,

can anybody shed some light on the haryali brand as i cant find much out. good? bad? anything really
cheers

Originally Posted by JFairbro

hi all,

can anybody shed some light on the haryali brand as i cant find much out. good? bad? anything really
cheers

I believe the consensus is to avoid. I can't find the link as I'm on my IPhone but if you type Haryali into the search it should bring up some results.

Looking at the eBay offerings it appears to look very cheap and a strop similar to their branded ones are terrible.

Truly horrible. I honed one a couple of weeks back. They are now on our 'banned' list. (this is how it got me before I tamed it)

Originally Posted by blueprinciple

Truly horrible. I honed one a couple of weeks back. They are now on our 'banned' list. (this is how it got me before I tamed it)

cheers dude just an inquiry

I was actually going to get one of these originally. they had a lot of 5 star reviews from Amazon but since like 90% of Amazon ratings are BS I decided to splurge for the dovo, ended up spending over $250 for a razor, strop, paste ect and another $100 for a 12k stone (totally worth it) . I figured if it does indeed work at $30 why the hell would so many people have $80+ razors from all these German companies.

but then again I've seen videos of people saying gold dollars work just as good as any other razor so meh. but this site is also full of people saying they can feel the difference between two different carbon razors with the only diffence being the metal.

so you never know you could chance it and find the Haryali works fine for you or find out it sucks ass and was a waste of $30. when I passed on it my train of thought was I might as well do this right and not try to skimp of the quality, I would rather the fault be on my end and not on the equipment, I can change and improve but that wouldn't mean anything if I was limited by my tools. so I'd rather spend a little more and know I'm getting something good then chance it and end up with crap.....seeing as I already did that once with my parker shavet.

Originally Posted by keokitsune

I was actually going to get one of these originally. they had a lot of 5 star reviews from Amazon but since like 90% of Amazon ratings are BS I decided to splurge for the dovo, ended up spending over $250 for a razor, strop, paste ect and another $100 for a 12k stone (totally worth it) . I figured if it does indeed work at $30 why the hell would so many people have $80+ razors from all these German companies.

but then again I've seen videos of people saying gold dollars work just as good as any other razor so meh. but this site is also full of people saying they can feel the difference between two different carbon razors with the only diffence being the metal.

so you never know you could chance it and find the Haryali works fine for you or find out it sucks ass and was a waste of $30. when I passed on it my train of thought was I might as well do this right and not try to skimp of the quality, I would rather the fault be on my end and not on the equipment, I can change and improve but that wouldn't mean anything if I was limited by my tools. so I'd rather spend a little more and know I'm getting something good then chance it and end up with crap.....seeing as I already did that once with my parker shavet.

thanks alot friend. it was just because my girl is determined to get me something like this for christmas and i dont really want her spending alot on something i will end up buying different pieces for myself lol. the one i saw was a set at £60 so around $90 so i said that would be enough. i guess im really looking to see if i can get a good attempt at a shave with it then i can get something a bit more designed for the job without hurting feelings?

ive got my eye on an "Antique Frederick Reynolds "Sensation" Heavy Straight Razor 1919–1926 Sheffield" thought it looked like a good start to a collection and an opportunity for the mentor to tech me some honing, restoring and care?

what I did was I bought a shavet style razor, it's a straight razor with replaceable blades, there pretty cheap, don't need to be stropped or sharpened. the one I got worked but I tended to cut myself a few times, nothing bad but I was also using too much pressure something I didn't correct till after I moved to a full metal razor, also I think because the blade has a 90degree angle at the end I was catching myself with that. the first thing I noticed was the straight razor didn't have that scratchy feeling I don't know how to describe it other than sharp, it felt like that it is dragging something sharp against your skin. with the straight razor it just felt like you were rubbing something metal against your cheek and the hairs disappeared.

so you can try something like that, it defiantly helps you get the general steps of using a straight razor down.
I got this Amazon.com: Parker SR1 Stainless Steel Straight Edge Razor and 5 Shark Super Stainless blades: Health & Personal Care

they come in diff brands and pricings, this one uses the normal razor blades you can buy at Walgreens but some other shavets need special long blades you have to special order.

thanks alot mate youve been a big help a knew this razor forum malarky would pay of lol cheers again!

JF

I purchased one of those from Amazon back in October as my first straight razor purchase and am a non-BS reviewer

There is an old-school barber shop where I live and I took the Haryali to him for a professional opinion (and for a sharpening). He said the construction was decent, albeit a little larger than normal which he said would make it clumsy to use. The scales were made of a wood he called purpleheart, which is also used for musical instruments. He also said the blade itself was good quality metal.

Last month, I purchased a shave-ready vintage Filarmonica from Whipped Dog. A more conventional design with a thinner blade. I cut my face to ribbons with it and went back to my Haryali. It could be because I'm a newbie and broke myself in on something different, but for now I prefer my Amazon purchase to shave with. I will be hanging on to my Filarmonica and attempt to pretty it up a little.

The Haryali did not come shave-ready but the barber honed it for me and faithful stropping has kept its edge very keen for three months.