Thread: Sheffields

Originally Posted by rhensley

With the growing trend to use straight razors I wonder why the Sheffield brands haven't come back. I know that there are some custom blade makers out there and dovo and boker are still going why dosn't some one in England take up the torch sort of speak. I for one would probably try one. Just a thought.

Because there is no mass market for them. It takes quite an investment for a factory to get a line up and running, to get people trained, to get marketing etc in place. Straights are never going to be a mass market item, and while they may make some money, this is a huge investment to make for a rather low and very long term payoff.

Dovo and TI are still in business, but razors are not their main line of business, and they didn't have to make huge investments because they never decommissioned their production line or retired the people making them. And even Dovo is having great difficulty to get qualified personell.