Thread: Craig Barr Straight razor - Rolling review

Originally Posted by engine46

Ed
I see what you are saying. I just looked at it & the spine goes right about to edge but is very close. I'm not saying you're wrong though. I wanted to try one out. I do eventually want to get a Bruno blade.

Are you talking about snail forge in Belgium or Bruno's shave club in the uk?

Originally Posted by honorakr

Are you talking about snail forge in Belgium or Bruno's shave club in the uk?

honorakr
It is the same person, Bruno who owns & operates the Snail Forge.

There's a review over on Reddit were the reviewer reported on honing a 9/8 W2 blade. The reviewer was able to get the blade shave ready without using tape.

Review of Craig Barr Deer Mounatin Forge 9/8's razor : wicked_edge

1/10/15
- The scale material came today, an awesome blood/ruby linen micarta. I got them all set to cut out tomorrow. Unfortunately i shaved today with my dubl duck so i wont get to try out the razor and scales together for a couple of days. On the note of Bruno at snail forge, i think his blades are great and glorious but at $600+ they sure better be. I think Craig needs to refine the shape a tad and make scales to go with the razors like Charlie Lewis does.

$600 for a bruno Blade? I will never own one nice blades for sure tho.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

$600 for a bruno Blade? I will never own one nice blades for sure tho.

yeah i just looked, i am sure they were less than that mid last year.

Wonder how comfortable those scales are to strop/hone.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

yeah i just looked, i am sure they were less than that mid last year.

Alot less.

with regards the loose pivot, could you put a pair of washers inside the scales, loose pivots make for difficult stropping in my experience. its also nice if the scales stay put when you are shaving too.