Thread: Half hollow/wedge advice

I'm after some advice on what razor to buy next, I'm after something between a half hollow and a wedge. I'm fairly new to straight razors but have a fairly thick beard. I'd rather buy new or NOS but have been tempted by a W&B.

What razor would you advise I look at? My budget is up to $300 (love the £-$ exchange rate right now)

Any advice would be great!

Adam

For new you can check out Hart Steel razors, 1/4 Hollow, excellent shavers (not the prettiest scales though ) others I would recommend to keep an eye out in the Classifieds for a used custom or a vintage in good comdition.

TI also has some half hollows. I have their 1939 coiffeur special. It is quite nice. With that sound of a budget you could get many things. There is a vendor here from the UK that does nice restores so check that out too.
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+1 on Zephyr's recommendation of the Hart. I have both a 6/8 and a 7/8 and rank them among the best for taking and holding great edge. Wacker makes a "1/4 Hohl" razor in blonde horn that is in the low $200 range. I love mine. Also, Dovo makes a half hollow blade that some here have liked and they are also very inexpensive.



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My Wade & Butcher is my favorite razor. The weight and the edge it keeps is great. I think a solid W&B will get the job done for you

Originally Posted by Zephyr

For new you can check out Hart Steel razors, 1/4 Hollow, excellent shavers (not the prettiest scales though ) others I would recommend to keep an eye out in the Classifieds for a used custom or a vintage in good comdition.

Brad(Undream) makes very nice replacement scales out of horn for the Hart Steel razors if you'd be willing to pay a little extra for one.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...both-horn.html

http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...cent-horn.html

I'll chime-in, here. There's nothing like a vintage quarter-hollow... except a professionally restored vintage quarter-hollow.

Maybe see what's available from SRP's world-renowned restorers: Manah, gssixgun, and Maximillian.

Smooth shaving!

Le Grelot and Thiers Issard made some really nice vintage quarter hollow vintage razors. Check the classifieds and ebay. They come up on a semi regular basis.