Lynn or anyone else who is a barber and uses straight razors. I have been in barber school for 6 months now and was wondering what would be a good decent razor for barber shop use doing face shaves. I have a Feather that I am shaving with now, but I think a properly honed and stropped razor is far better than my feather. I have used both and prefer to shave with a straight razor and save the Feather for around the ears and neck. Also how many would you recommend? My instructor uses a Filarmonica Doble Temple (sp) but he doesnt do a lot of shaves. When he does he uses the cheap little shavette that we got. Occasionally he will use the Filarmonica.

Thanks for your opinion

Jim