Thread: What is your definition of a custom razor?

Substance - by George, you are correct sir!

Next time I have a burger, I am going to be just like you and leave the pickles...

Regards,
Neil

PS - I used to think like you, then I thunk again and found I was wrong....

Originally Posted by Michael70

I wonder if we can get 20 pages on this subject matter????

Seems do-able...

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by 32t

I was thinking from the point of view of the maker.

Let's take our very own Bruno, I would say that his small run razors would fall into artisinal, even if I were to request a scale option that he didn't usually offer, or even if I purchased an unfinished blade and finished it myself or sent it off to someone to finish.
If i purchased an unfinished blade, changed it significantly and got it finished that might be customized but not really custom.
However if I were to design or even just rough out a razor and have it made by him as a one off then that would be a custom.
I see a lot of posts about custom razors that are really just made up from off the shelf parts, such as Hart razors etc. I don't believe these really are custom, but in the razor world "restoration" can encompass completely changing the look of a razor with sparkly acrylic and mirror finishes etc, so maybe definitions can be less rigid than we are otherwise used to.

A custom razor is one I can't afford. There are a few others in this category so this probably does not advance the topic.

What custom razors means to me.
Never getting back your initial investment.
(That's not meant to be a joke either)

Thank God I never got bit by this bug, I've always been attracted to old Sheffields and the like. I have had the pleasure of honing hundreds of custom razors and understand their allure, most are beautiful and very creative.

So 32T: If you were to contact one of the artisan razor makers (PRC included). Send a hand drawn picture with blade dimensions, scale materials, etc, agree on an final design and price. Would you consider your razor a custom or an off the shelf artisanal razor?

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Substance - by George, you are correct sir!

Next time I have a burger, I am going to be just like you and leave the pickles...

Regards,
Neil

PS - I used to think like you, then I thunk again and found I was wrong....

what did I say?? that was 32T

ok what is this classed as:
I ( the maker) take a piece of 25*6*100 bar with no design as in mind
heat & beat the steel to a shape that evolves as I go
then grind & finish this RSO into a razor

is this a custom, an artisan or just a fluke razor ??

it is a 1 off,
it may be similar to another somewhere (manly because nearly every razor shape has probably been made by now)
but is different to all others and unique.

since this is not hypothetical, this is it so far

Substance In My Mind You're creating a custom razor.