Thread: Razor Preference --- Plain or Ornate?

I tend to like razors with an all business look --- black or white scales, a nice square point or Spanish point blade and little else. I don't care for gold wash or elaborate ornamentation. So what say you -- what do you like?


Justin

I like a little bit more but not alot. Horn handles, file work is nice, rustic styling... High flash and shine does little for me...

Barbers notch or square point, black or horn scales. Ivory is nice too. No design on the handle except what is natural! The spine should have a slight curve to it. Plain blade or etching is OK but no gold wash!

No gold wash at all in any way shape or form. Minimal etching/decoration on blade if any at all, relatively plain scales. Some of mine have nice scales, but that is the farthest I will usually go in the way of aesthetics. Other than that, I am not really interested. I have to admit though, I have a really nice square point swedish steel blade that has plain black scales I am thinking of getting burled walnut scales put on it.

I never got gold wash either, I definitely prefer a clean blade. When it comes to scales I don't mind a design on it, for instance Traveller's embossed epoxy scales looked gorgeous.

i feel the same i think gold wash is pointless, other than that i like just about every size shape of razor available.

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

I tend to like razors with an all business look --- black or white scales, a nice square point or Spanish point blade and little else. I don't care for gold wash or elaborate ornamentation. So what say you -- what do you like?


Justin

I don't care as long as they are good shavers.

About blade shapes, I really love the look (and feel) of my Heljestrand No.31 with the thumb notch and the little "nick" between the notch and the shoulder.

Razor style? Smooth, shiny, and plain, and horn handles, or wood if it has gorgeous grain. I guess I diverged from plain there, but only a little

Bjorn -- I agree, the TIPTLE is perhaps the ugliest razor out there. There may well be a reason they were stashed under Pierre's bench, unfinished; the good looking forgings got moved down the production line - not moved under the bench. I have one. I held it up to my mirror. I now have a new mirror. Frightened glass develops such an interesting crack pattern.

Bruce

Plain blade with a worked spine is my preference.
Minimal gold plating is ok but only in a very small amounts.