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04-08-2015, 04:23 PM #1
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Thanked: 4The Holy Grail of Straight razors....
Ok guys...a question here....is there a rare or perhaps old razor considered to be the holy grail of straights? A make or model ?
I have spent days and days reading the forums and realize different strokes for different folks but wondered if there was a concensus of the rare and wonderful.
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04-08-2015, 04:47 PM #2
For shaving? I'd offer that his holy grail isn't likely the same as mine.
For collecting? I'd start out suggesting an 8/8 Wade and Butcher for Barbers but, I've seen in the past two years here, "grails" change."We'll talk, if you like. I'll tell you right out, I am a man who likes talking to a man who likes to talk."
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04-08-2015, 05:10 PM #3
User by user I think. Some are beautiful and coveted but once attained a new Grail search begins.
I have about 5 Grail razors. Searched and waited and saved and then found or purchased and moved on to the next. 7 day set in ivory maybe? I am sure I will convince myself I NEED another soon."The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas." -Linus Pauling
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04-08-2015, 05:14 PM #4
"Grail-ness" surely will vary from person to person. Mine would be taking a trip to Italy and having Mastro Livi make a totally bespoke razor (per my specifications) with me on site watching every step of the process.
Last edited by Phoenix51; 04-08-2015 at 05:20 PM.
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04-08-2015, 07:12 PM #5
You got me grailing, now.
It took a long time to get a routinely bloodless shave with a square point razor. Today another perfect one using a large, cheap-but-quality long-ago ebay find; a touristy-looking Schaefer Rapid Shaver (a large "Solingen" inlaid on one scale, "Souvenir of Berlin" and a bear etched on the blade and "Sunday" engraved in the spine). I now believe I'd like Monday-Saturday now, thanks very much.Last edited by MisterMoo; 04-08-2015 at 10:33 PM.
"We'll talk, if you like. I'll tell you right out, I am a man who likes talking to a man who likes to talk."
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04-08-2015, 05:16 PM #6
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Thanked: 3228There ain't no universal "holy grail" razor from what I can see and read. Every shaver/collector is obsessed with chasing their own "Moby-Dick" whale of a razor.
BobLife is a terminal illness in the end
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04-08-2015, 05:53 PM #7
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04-08-2015, 05:57 PM #8
Easy...Double Duck Goldedge!
edited to add: ...but a Wade and Butcher, "Ottoman and Egyptian Royal Windsor" straight razor would be OK as well....Last edited by Phrank; 04-08-2015 at 06:18 PM.
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04-08-2015, 05:59 PM #9
A NOS Iwasaki western style straight for me.
“Wherever you’re going never take an idiot with you, you can always find one when you get there.”
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04-08-2015, 06:06 PM #10
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Thanked: 3795My holy grail is my one hundred and first razor.
In theory after I have made a hundred, the next one should be pretty adequate.
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