Thread: Truely awesome razors

I don't like shaving, nor does my skin.
"So why do you mess with straight razors?" you may want to know.
Because I like the shave results with a straight best. I have tried everything under the sun.
Electric shavers: crappy alternative if you are in a hurry but a cartridge razor will get me a better result in about the same time. I never managed to get a really BBS facial skin with cartridge razors nor double edge safety razors. A fresh double edge blade leaves me with terrible razor burn.

I really like the BBS results with a straight that's why I mess with them. I love the challenge of honing, trying to get an even sharper edge than the last time I tried. My ultimate goal: a BBS face in a one-pass ATG shave even with a week's growth on my face.

Lately I have enjoyed a good many one-pass ATG BBS shaves with a Filarmonica 14 Doble Temple finished on my Ozuku Mizu Asagi from Tomonagura. I don't manage to get all my razors that sharp though.

So my question to you gents is: how do you define a truely awesome razor and do you have one or more of them?