Thread: Personal Preference

One thing I will add, I used to be into bigger blades 7/8, 6/8, not anymore

I find a 5/8 or there around to be much more to my preference, I like their agility and maneuverability, feels indeed good to my hands and I feel very comfortable honing, stropping and shaving with them
so, 5/8 shoulder-less blades are my go to, it's something I've come to liken more than anything else after years and years of collecting and shaving, it's pretty much all I ever use anymore

I have a fairly heavy & stiff beard that grows pretty fast. I tend to go towards larger blades. At the moment my go to razor is a 6/8" Pre 1881 Hollow ground with a nice smile. Second on the list is a 11/16" German made 133 Red Imp. Took a while to stop cutting my self on that sharp tip but I have it down pretty good. I find the workmanship on the Red Imp to be about the best I have seen on a production razor. I value that more than fancy & pretty myself I have several other straight's that go in & out of the rotation, United States, Germany & England all made fine razors & many other countries also.
Slawman