I have read here about many different razors and all seem to get good reviews. Are there any razors out there that you dudes just don't like? Other then a Zeepk I just can't find one.
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I have read here about many different razors and all seem to get good reviews. Are there any razors out there that you dudes just don't like? Other then a Zeepk I just can't find one.
I bought a TI Historical a while back that was a real beauty - but she hated me. I shaved with her once and then sold her off. :(
I hate Timber Rattler / Timber Wolf. It's like trying to sharpen chrome
Matt:
I know that I usually don't review razors I don't like....
I have sold quite a few razors that I didn't like, Nothing at all wrong with the razor it just didn't work for me...
I think that most of the vintage razors unless they were damaged or perhaps made with a bad warp pretty much will produce a good shaving edge...
The only ones I don't like are in the group only because of my personal preference against larger blades and heavier grinds....
My perfect razor is a 11/16, Spike Point, Full hollow grind, so the farther we get from that razor the less I like them :)
I've got one vintage razor that I hate. Its been in my shop for a year. Every time I get to really working on razors I pull it out and do a little more honing on it, it just won't take an edge, just when I think I'm getting close chips appear again. I swear the steel on this thing is like a rotten tree perfect to look at but as soon as you get below the surface there is just sponge and fluff in there.
I tried a couple "Singing" blades, one from TI and one a Boker and both didn't work for me... I think my extra tough beard likes normal hollow or half hollow blades.
I don't much care for razors smaller then 5/8. My favorite size is 6/8 in a square point. But like the looks of barbers notch razors. I also like full hollow grinds.
Please explain what a singing blade is and what a normal hollow is - are they mutually exclusive?Quote:
Originally Posted by MD11
A singing blade is an extra hollow ground blade with the blade between the belly and the spine being ground very thin. They will give a "zing" sound when they are stropped and sometimes while shaving. This takes a very high quality of steel to make these. Full hollow is not ground as thin as the singing. Singing blades are the thinest and full wedges are the thickest.Quote:
Originally Posted by hoglahoo
I have to say a filharmonica 13 .It took agreat edge but the shaves i got with it were not very good although it now belongs to my Stepson.
Dovo prima Klang razors, I bought 3 of these & got rid of them all they just didnt work for me
Sorry I am to report that a DOVO SS 6/8 Renaissance is being... hmmm... uncooperative with my attempts at honing it, and honing it, and honing it. I have even said unkind things to it after a stone under steel session. And then said even more unkind things to it when, after a round of steel over leather, we tried steel on well lathered cheek. :rant: All it seemed to do was turn a deaf blade.:rant::rant:
I wonder if a DOVO will make as good a letter opener as does a ZEEPK? :hmmm:
We may find out in the not too distant future.
I've done a bunch of these. They seem like a harder SS to me. Seem to work better with more polishing strokes. So if on the Norton and finishing, instead of some 1-3 or 1-5 strokes on the 4K/8K, I ususlly go with 1-7's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce
Lynn
You never know other than the junk razors what you'll end up liking and every razor has it's own personality. We had a new guy the other day who could not shave comfortably with a Dovo Micarta. I really like this razor. It was sharpened by two honemeisters and the guy still didn't like it. I gave him an old nice Genco with the slim plastic handles and he fell in love with the razor and the shaves. Turned out that the wider round handles from the Micarta were dealing him fits and he found it awkward to get the right shaving angle. He just couldn't use it.
Ya never know.
Lynn
Lynn,
Thanks for the encouragement and tips on the DOVO Renaissance. I'll definitely try some more kind words and tender strokes with stone and leather before making it the junior member at the Postal Service Greeting Station.
I was recently given a Brookes & Crookes, marked "John Brown & Co. Ltd." on one side and "Atlas Self Hard Steel" on the other. It cleaned up and polished beautifully, but I just can't get it sharp enough. Several honing sessions later and it still pulls my beard out by its roots. The bloody thing is now oiled up and left in a box until such time as I am feeling determined or masochistic enough to have another go at honing it.
Ho hum...
Duncan.
Duncan,
There is one boon from having a razor pull whiskers out by their roots and that is the assurance of the perfect BBS shave.";"
I notice that my post number equals the caliber of one of the all time great British Nitro Express rounds. How about that?
I've never met a razor I didn't like on some level. Having said that, I must admit that me and my Dovo Bergischer Lowe didn't get along for a long time - it gave me my first and only scar (well, it was me that did it, but you know what I mean). In fact, I'd probably have to say that, compared to Sheffield steel, Dovo are my least favourite (but I still like them...) They feel a bit scratchy to me, somehow.
James.
I have some that are more stubborn that others, but I love them all...
I think on an intrinsic level any quality razor will give a quality shave barring of course defective razors. I think in general some people will prefer certain grinds and sizes or ends or scale shapes. But if its a quality razor its a quality razor.
Bruce,Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce
The Renaissance is probably the best SS extra hollow blade available.
Be patient with it and you WILL get a formidable shaver.
Kal
Chinese double arrows... I've heard people say good things, the two I bought were Zeepks in disguise...
I'm not a fan of blades under 7/8, so I've come across quite a few that weren't my peice of cake even if they shaved well... Felt like toys in comparison.
Otherwise, I've come across a lot of really good blades, and not so good blades. regardless of manufacturer, they can all have their own personality, or flavor.
I really liked my Dovo Bergisher Lowe, it felt nice and smooth, I've honed other Dovos that felt less refined. Same goes for TI's It seems I either love the blade, or hate it. I can't explain why.
:HJQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike_ratliff
Yep, they are deceiving little buggers. I think the confusion came when eBay seller 'open razor' offered a non labeled razor that some guys thought looked like the infamous Double Arrow and called it that. The black handled razor with the double arrows stamp on the tang are pretty much in the Zeepk class. The white handled razors from Poland are very good.
You are clearly a man of calibre. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce
man, i have heard some pretty harsh things lately about these poor guys. stamps222 is the guy that sells them on fleabay and they are fantastic for the price. Had mine shave-ready with some green dust on a paddle. the ones i get from him are the "unmarked" ones that are sharp as a....razor. He also sells wapis now and yes, they are real wapis.
Old threads never die, they just age like fine wine. ;)
I'm not a fan of the Wapi.
Chris L
My Dovo Best is giving me fits. Might be me though.:shrug:
I don't like the weight of the scales.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris L
But I've honed a couple, and they take an excellent edge, very easily.
I still have a couple stashed away from the time they sold on ebay for 9$, shipped :D
See, now I had a double arrow and I loved the thing. :P
It required more frequent honing than other razors I've owned, but it took one hell of an edge.
I've learned that I hate almost anything made of Solingen steel. I can get them sharp as a bastard, but for me I always seem to have to dry them off and restrop halfway through my shave. I don't know if it's my stropping technique they don't like or if the steel is softer than Sheffield and it just requires the straightening, but yeah, they don't like me.
Now the irony is that my favorite razor of all time, my McPherson Bros. Frass Razor should have been junk. It was made of Sheffield steel well after Sheffield steel making had gone to the dogs. Yet I have NEVER found a razor that would shave like that thing.
Pity I gave it to my friend to cheer him up when he lost his job. :(
My first razor was a Wapi - I find that the weight of the scales makes it virtually unusable for me. I'm sure that the blade is great though :)
I would say that the new Fromm's and Timor's are not on the top of my list although the older ones on both are fine shavers.
Lynn