Quote Originally Posted by Legman View Post
...I judge Holy Grail as the razor that delivers the best shave and stays hanging hair sharp for a long time...
Well by that standard my list would change some. I love the big choppers. I'm like cheetah: the bigger the better. Hell, if I could shave with it then go hack up a chicken with the thing I'd be in heaven...as far as what I like aesthetically.

However,

Razors are somewhat like women in that the sexiest looking one is often NOT the one you want realistically. The one you want is the one that makes it work between you.
Somebody here has as their signature, "pretty don't shave," or something like that. Ain't that the truth. I love the W/B FBUs and they, unlike some fancy looking things, shave great but the best shavers I have in my collection are in order of preference:

1) Henry Sears and Son Queen 7/8 #740. It was a FSOTD a few days ago although not really a sexy thing. That thing is scary sharp and stays that way. I can't remember the last time I did more than strop it.

2) Westby Leicester circa 1840, first razor I restored. It is another that gives a smoking shave and holds an edge but plain to the eye.

3) Taylor <eye> Witness. Ugly as a fat lady's arse, not the grind or shape, it is just covered in dark blemishes, mainly on the spine and tang. Shallow, surface pits really but it is too hollow to sand them all out. Not a looker by any stretch of the imagination but that darn thing shaves like a monster.

None of these would resell for very much but honestly the Sears you'd have to pry from my death clutched fingers anyway.