Thread: what brands of razors are still being made like dovo,dorko,filiarmonic,boker,henckle?

Originally Posted by BobH

Could be but there must be a reason why none seem to be doing it.

Bob

Market is not worth the cost of tooling up to do it.

Ralf Aust's are also hand made.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Market is not worth the cost of tooling up to do it.

That easily could be also. At some point when you can't get enough highly skilled craftsmen or the market expands you might see it. They can screw that up too by paying crap to the worker who sets up the pieces for CNC machining.

CNC machining helped Winchester re introduce the controlled round feed of the pre 64 action in 1992 so it does work to cut costs. Too bad they are made in Portugal now probably as a cost saving measure also.

Bob

I agree - with the right CNC you can machine any material to tolerances that would never be possible doing it by hand. I think it would be cool to have a razor that was dimensionally perfect down to the 1/10,000 of an inch. Also, remember machines already make billions of razor blades for disposable razors every year - so the edge is easily attainable too. The romance of having something hand made is attractive as well - I like the subtle imperfections in even the most expensive razors.

-john

This CNC stuff is way OT from the original post. It also really does not matter because none of the makers use it to my knowledge. It probably deserves a separate thread though.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

This CNC stuff is way OT from the original post. It also really does not matter because none of the makers use it to my knowledge. It probably deserves a separate thread though.

Bob

not true,the question was are they made by hand or stamped out,Machining is machining, be it done by hand or Computor.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

not true,the question was are they made by hand or stamped out,Machining is machining, be it done by hand or Computor.

I say again where do you see CNC machining being currently used in Razor production? Today there is a mix of machine processing, stamping and swaging from what I can see in the vid from Dovo but also a great deal of hand work. It is a mix of methods but not automated anywhere near like at a bottling plan or DE blade production.

Bob

Giesen & Forsthoff is still making razors as well. I have no experience with their newer models but I do have a very nice vintage "Adoration". Over the years I think they have mainly focused on manufacturing scissors and have in recent years come back to razors.

Originally Posted by BobH

I say again where do you see CNC machining being currently used in Razor production? Today there is a mix of machine processing, stamping and swaging from what I can see in the vid from Dovo but also a great deal of hand work. It is a mix of methods but not automated anywhere near like at a bottling plan or DE blade production.

Bob

You see it nowhere as it is not cost effective,is no market to tool up for say 300 razors,to automate a factory to make razors would cost millions of Dollors.I go to several Machinery trade shows every year,to see what CNC machines can create is mind boggeling.
You can crank out perfect Blades in minutes with CNC machines.
Would I buy one? no i would not.If I were in the market (which I am not) I would opt for a custom, hand made razor.
One of a kind.