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    Default Do any of you fellow shavers prefer Stainless?

    I have a rather small inventory of straight razors, less than five, that I have used since I began traditional wet shaving eight years ago. One of them is a stainless from Dovo 5/8 round. This razor has performed very well for me over the years. So much so, that I probably want another one when RAD hits. My mind isn't made up, but I'd like to ask any of you if you really like your stainless? To let you know about myself, I do not hone my razors, other than a 12k grit touch up stone. I've been able to keep all my blades sharp all these years with just that one rock. So, how about it? Who loves/hates stainless?
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    Like most, I started out with carbon straights, but find myself increasingly leaning towards stainless steel.

    Mastro Livi and vintage Henkels Friodurs stainless straights disprove the myth that stainless steel straights are hard to hone or their shave is inferior to carbon straights.

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    for me, they shave the same, but the few I had definitely took longer on the stone

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    Hess Hairmilk #44 Stainless

    THAT is a serious SS razor

    The Dubl Duck SS is pretty sweet so is the C-MON

    The older Friodurs are also pretty impressive shavers

    Another that might be SS but not actually positive is the Craftsman and Sta-Sharp "Chromized" woooooooo baby those can shave


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    My first razor, and one of my favorites still, is a stainless Henckels Friodur.

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    I now feel a need to have more stainless razors in my collection for no particular reason. I guess I can just say why not, they shave well and don't rust as easy. I guess that's reason enough.
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    I have plenty of both and in shaving I could not tell the difference. I've found as a rule stainless razors take a tad more time to hone but I'm talking just a few more strokes and I mean a few. In any case I've had carbon steel razors that took way more time to hone than any stainless.

    The material isn't a factor to me in buying a razor.
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    [QUOTE=gssixgun;1687552Another that might be SS but not actually positive is the Craftsman and Sta-Sharp "Chromized woooooooo baby those can shave

    I am a non-believer in the "Harder to Hone" stories, never noticed that myself[/QUOTE]

    I have the Sta-Sharp and it is indeed a sweet shaver. I never had any problems honing this blade.
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    As long as it delivers the goods I don't have a preference. I do lean toward high carbon in pocket knives, but that is a different animal.
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    I have a few vintage stainless steel razors and like them as much as the carbon steel ones. They shave just as well, hone up nice and generally take little to clean up when you first get them compared to vintage carbon steel razors. I am not seeing any down side to them at all.

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