Thread: THAT one razor you absolutely love?

Originally Posted by Shyster512

With a couple of shaves under its belt, this old razor shaves as good as it looks!

Very nice Packwood. I'm particularly interested in the wedge on those scales, kind of a cap covering the end, to very pleasing effect! What a fantastic detail... hmmm...how'd dey do dat?

That was the original wedge that came on the razor. It was cleaned up and put back in service. As too how it was done, you’ll have to ask Mike at For Gentlemans Use. He’s the man behind the restore of the old stub tail that I sent to him. I think I have a picture of the wedge from the rear.

Here’s a rear view of the wedge

...and of course, I should say this certainly qualifies as, "The One", provides a really superb shave, especially after a couple of laps on the Escher Barber's Delight yesterday.....

Wade & Butcher, The Ottoman Egyptian and Royal Windsor Razor

For me its my Feather AC SS Kamisori. Its just a wonderful razor: smooth, efficient, easy to maintain and it just looks so darned cool! Every now and then I pull one of my DEs out of the drawer and it reminds me just what a wonderful razor my Feather AC is. Sure, the DEs are easier and probably faster but theyre definetly not as close and nowhere near as much fun.

I dunno. A couple hundred razors in, still hunting...

Good afternoon gentlemen!! Hard to say a favorite- I guess that the one I go to more than any other would be a fair assumption of favoritism?!?! I am drawn to one that I have yet to see anywhere else, a pristine 5/8 Abram Brooksbank Malindaworks.... honed effortlessly and for the past year has kept that silky smooth edge solely off the strop.... yeah, I guess this is my "favorite" will post pics when I get home!

Originally Posted by Phrank

...and of course, I should say this certainly qualifies as, "The One", provides a really superb shave, especially after a couple of laps on the Escher Barber's Delight yesterday.....

Wade & Butcher, The Ottoman Egyptian and Royal Windsor Razor

It's interesting that of the three (though yours might represent a fourth) I've seen, no two are precisely the same, and one has 'Egyptain' instead of 'Egyptian'.

I've never been able to figure out precisely what's up with them. My best guess was that they were made for the Royal Windsor hotel in Cairo.

The great big huge problem with that theory is that the style predates the hotel by almost 30 years. I've got an 1860's Gilchrist with the same blade shape (though a more exotic blade grind), and a Philadelphia hardware dealer from the 1870's with everything the same except a barber's notch.

The Royal Windsor hotel didn't open until 1893.

Bound to be my favorite. I have no idea why. Great razor!
Richard Herder for D. Grandsard of Oostburg. Either Dutch or Wisconsin.
Always wondering..

I haven't even finished restoring this one, much less honed it or shaved with it.

The design is pretty much my favorite ever, though. From the weird double-hollowed rattler grind to the thumb-cutout, this is just the razor design for me. It's not huge, but that's fine. It doesn't have to be.



(And before anyone gets excited, the book it's on is about Gilchrist's son and offers only one or two sentences on the razor guy.)