Thread: Why are some razors such smooth shavers?

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

We have discussed this at length before.

My take has always been, it's because everything about the razor is absolute perfection. The ingot it came from was perfect, the tempering, forging, the guy doing the grinding and everything else in the fabrication is all perfection. Razors like that are rare, very rare. Many think they have one like that but they don't. if you do you will know it.

It has nothing to do with the brand or where it came from. I had two TI's from the SRP LE edition sequentially numbered. One was one of those razors and then other was far from it.

Yes - I think I remember someone wrote that one of the reason vintage razors are so popular and shave so well is that if it's still a razor after 125 years plus, it was obviously superbly made, everything about it clicked, otherwise it would have been melted down and turned into buttons or something long ago.

Indeed, it is the combination of the quality of the forging, temper, grind, honing … and all the other variables we can think of that make a good shaver.

Some brands have those variables pinned down better than others.