I like my Hart 7/8 a lot. I'd pick it over Boker, Dovo any day. I also like TI. Hart razors look much better in person. They are easy to hone and make great daily shavers.
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I like my Hart 7/8 a lot. I'd pick it over Boker, Dovo any day. I also like TI. Hart razors look much better in person. They are easy to hone and make great daily shavers.
As Chugach68 said, your razors may not be shave ready. a shave ready wedge, quarter hollow, will be as good as a shave ready full hollow. Shaving technique also is a big part of the equation and will enable a proficient shaver to overcome a razor that is not truly shave ready, but there is a world of difference if both the razor and the shaver are 'ready.'
If a person is learning to hone they are better off getting their 'good' razors professionally honed and picking up some vintage ebay or antique store razors to practice on. The razors needn't be expensive, that is optional, but they should be full bladed without uneven or excessive hone wear. The pro honed razors will give you something to guage your progress and a good shave while you're at it. :gl:
For a minute Hart Steel seemed to be having some problems with their forging process (aside from the (not) "shave-ready" debate...). Some horror stories out there about the edge crumbling on the hones, and folks not being able to even set a bevel. That being said, Mine is a delight and I love it. Delivers consistently fantastic shaves. Like butta. Looks like a killing machine, shaves like a mother's caress. I couldn't say if it was shave ready or not when I got it...it came from Baxter of California and I just assumed it wasn't and it went straight to the hones.
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