Thread: Did you ever meet a razor you did not like?

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 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. All it seemed to do was turn a deaf blade.

I wonder if a DOVO will make as good a letter opener as does a ZEEPK?

We may find out in the not too distant future.

Originally Posted by Bruce

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. All it seemed to do was turn a deaf blade.

I wonder if a DOVO will make as good a letter opener as does a ZEEPK?

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.

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