Thread: The Holy Grail of Straight razors....

I have two "holy grail" razors. And I can't find them anywhere :L
The first is an Irish made razor, I saw one on a forum somewhere, if memory serves it was from McLelland in Belfast... I'd just love an Irish blade.
Secondly, is a "Souvenir of Frankfurt" Razor, I saw one somewhere as well, should have bought it at the time, I believe it was from Schultz.
I might get one of those eventually :L

My grail changes too much as i feel like the squirrel in the movie over the hedge...ooo look there is another cool one. I am a bit partial to worked back spines after i bought my first boker that looks like a 1056 w7th mint original scales(still searching for a w&b american razor) and heavy sheffield blades. As a client gave me a nos dubl duck 5/8 that beast got quiet...until i saw one of our members pist them redone with ebony scales...ugg too many options. As someone else said best, tastes change as you acquire and see new stuff

I quit looking for Holy grail blades yrs ago,IMO they do not exsist.
My HG blades today are the ones that give me the best shave,and they all were made in spain

This has now become my #2 holy grail razor, by Mr. Joe Edson.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

This has now become my #2 holy grail razor, by Mr. Joe Edson.

Classic, with a twist. Like a twist of lemon in a drink.

I just obtained one of my holy grails...

Wow, that's nice! I have a kamisori western grind style by Joe Edson and I really love that blade.

Originally Posted by mglindo

Wow, that's nice! I have a kamisori western grind style by Joe Edson and I really love that blade.

I follow Joe on Instagram where he posts all his razors.
I'm liking his work more and more. The guy just makes amazing looking blades. He some how keeps that classic look, but also adds his modern twist to it. I think Richard hit it on the head with his post.

To me it would be a hard decision since there are quite a few I would consider to fall under that category like those who forge their own steel like Bruno, Tim Zowada, Mastro Livi & a few other I can't think of right now. Also the one LegalBeagle showed made by Joe Chandler & the ones above made by Joe Edson.
As for the very rare old, hard to find W&B Ottoman & another one or two plus the really rare ones I have seen Zak manage to get his hands on also...........

My personnal graal was made of MK in mother of pearl, Cedric Christ custom, a fistful of strange framebacks, and the more gentlemen travel sets I can grab !