Thread: what is the cost per benefit ratio is for razors.

hmm,so basically aside from the shape getting a higher priced carbon razor over my dovo best quality isn't going to make much if any difference?

Originally Posted by keokitsune

hmm,so basically aside from the shape getting a higher priced carbon razor over my dovo best quality isn't going to make much if any difference?

Not as far as the quality of shave goes. By that I mean the biggest factors in getting a quality shave is how well the blade, any blade, is honed in the first place and if you have enough skill to pull it off if that is what you are asking. For the most part you cannot buy a better shave by throwing money at it. If you are a crappy Chevy driver chances are you will be a crappy Ferrari driver too.

Bob

Originally Posted by keokitsune

hmm,so basically aside from the shape getting a higher priced carbon razor over my dovo best quality isn't going to make much if any difference?

Yeah not really...

Price and Value are not necessarily attached at the hip

Steel is only one aspect, just so long as the steel is of good quality then Heat Treat and Grind are more important to the feel on the face

Junk steel is junk steel, Bad geometry is bad geometry, so make sure you are looking at quality and not junk, again quality does not always mean price..

Scale material does make a difference in price, decoration does make a difference in price neither affects shave quality, assuming a solid design and balance..


As you can see Cost vs Value isn't as easy to determine as we would like

I wanted to get a second razor and thought of maybe aiming higher them my current if the quality was better but I guess if it isn't by that much I might as well buy the cheap boker stainless steel, at least that way I don't have to worry quit as much about rust.

The steel itself is the cheapest ingredient in a razor. Then comes forging, grinding, heat treatment, more grinding, honing, decorations, scales... then distribution costs, marketing costs, profits along the chain....

Some of these could be done in volume and cut costs, others are done one at a time.

As one example the grind of a Bergischer Lowe requires far more skill than the grind of a basic or middle range Dovo.

And then there is supply and demand - two razors that cost the same to produce or the same razor at different vendors or the same vendor at different times may end up selling for different prices, purely due to differences in demand and supply.

I read the title of this thread and couldn't help but think...Do you mean before or after full blown RAD kicks in?

It's like anything else, you pay more for what you WANT than what you NEED. More if everybody else WANTS it too :<0)