Thread: rigarazor

I bought the one with the tapered blade on the auction today as well. I will report.

Originally Posted by dan656

I bought the one with the tapered blade on the auction today as well. I will report.

Sweet!!!! You got this one?



I love it. I like the taper, the beveled spine, scales.....................

I hope it shaves as good as it looks.

Yup, that's the one. For $103 I couldn't pass it up, I'll let you know how it shaves.

My pic does it no justice.

I was going to ask what the result was, but it's only been about 2 weeks. Coming from Latvia, economy mail, it might take a bit longer to arrive. Looking forward to seeing what the verdict is on these razors.

My razor arrived yesterday and I put right to work, and work it did! The delivery was fast and I was able to track it the whole way,I am waiting on one from Hungary and I have been unable to track it so I give Riga points for their shipping. I should qualify this by saying that I have been shaving with straights for only a few month so my experience is limited but, having said that, I have accumulated about a dozen razors some of which have been honed by respected members here. The Rigarazor is sharp as hell and it gave me a great shave using Baume Be. shaving cream. The razor is as long as my 14 Filarmonica with wicked sharp points both at the nose and the heel which is useful for working around my mustache/goatee. I also like the thumb notch. I'm not in love with the plain black Micarta scales but they do everything they are supposed to do. Overall the look is sleek and the shave is great. The fellow that made it is named Sergejs Illarionovs, I plan to write him and hope to learn more about his operation. His for sale right now listings on Ebay are expensive but the ones he put up for auction did not net him a whole lot of money which makes me curious about his marketing plan. Anyway,I am happy.

This may shed some light on the steel used if, indeed, R100 is the same as 52100 - "52100 A ball-bearing steel, and as such is only used by forgers. It is similar to 5160 (though it has around 1% carbon vs. 5160 ~.60%), but holds an edge better. It is less tough than 5160 however. It is used often for hunting knives and other knives where the user is willing to trade off a little of 5160's toughness for better edge holding."

Originally Posted by dan656

This may shed some light on the steel used if, indeed, R100 is the same as 52100 - "52100 A ball-bearing steel, and as such is only used by forgers. It is similar to 5160 (though it has around 1% carbon vs. 5160 ~.60%), but holds an edge better. It is less tough than 5160 however. It is used often for hunting knives and other knives where the user is willing to trade off a little of 5160's toughness for better edge holding."

So it holds a better edge than 5160...sharper razor? (maybe a newb question, but I don't mind since I AM a newb) With proper stropping and the occasional touch up with Chromium Ox, these seem to be a quality razor. It is a little difficult to tell in the pictures, but what kind of grind did yours come with? They look very similar across most of his razors... Thanks for the review!!

Originally Posted by Dagwoodz

So it holds a better edge than 5160...sharper razor? (maybe a newb question, but I don't mind since I AM a newb) With proper stropping and the occasional touch up with Chromium Ox, these seem to be a quality razor. It is a little difficult to tell in the pictures, but what kind of grind did yours come with? They look very similar across most of his razors... Thanks for the review!!

The bit about the steel was lifted from a knife making site and I thought it could be extrapolated to razors to, at lest, indicate that it is a strong steel that holds an edge. I'm not confident in naming grinds so guessing 1/4 to 1/2 hollow?

Mine showed up in the mail today. Came fast and well packaged. It's seem to be very well honed (trimmed the tree tops). Here are some pics of the razor.