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Ok so i know that most of if not all of us have a COLLECTION of straight razors, but which one is "your baby?" Which one is the one you will take to your grave, the one you like the most. It doesnīt have to be your best shaver just your favorite.
Mine is the very firt one i bought. Itīs a 5/8 Henckels Platinum Dry Hone razor. Itīs not much of a looker but itīs my baby :-D Iīm actually in El Salvador so i canīt post pictures :-/
Whatīs yours?
Great razor but it would be nice to see it....if you get a chance to post pics.
I haven't settled on my favorite yet. I'm still playing the field...;)
I find this to be a very difficult question to answer. I've only had straights for a few months, but I've had a lot pass through my hands. Since I limit myself to only seven (or try to anyhow), all of the razors in my rotation are fantastic blades that I really like.
If I could only have one blade, it would probably be the W&B Bow. While she is on the larger side, about 6/8 and a heavier half hollow, she's very manuverable and a fantastic shaver.
The Revit and Friodur would probably be tied in a close second. The Revit took a wicked edge faster than any other razor I've honed, but she's on the smaller side and has a small tang, which makes her a little harder to hold. The Friodur also knocks my socks off, but I think she might be a bit on the big side to be a daily razor.
But if my one blade was going to sit in a showcase and not be a shaver, it would be the Savage, hands down. She's my favorite blade, though she's not my favorite shaver. I love the size, but it's a bit harder to handle.
I don't have a fave. I'm also still playing the field. My "go to" daily shaver for the past few months has been a DD Dwarf spike point. It gives me comfy close shaves.
My favorite razor to LOOK at but so far not yet honed is a W&B huge meat chopper I scored earlier this year at an antique show. Just a beauty.
Chris L
I think I've seen this thread before but I still love answering them, as we progress farther and farther into this hobby more and razors pass through our hands and opinions change...
I have quite a few great shaving razors, and have had even more come to me for Honing and Restoration services. I test shave every razor before they go home to you guys, so I get to test some nice stuff, which l then put on my should get one list :D
Some of the ones that I would hate to part with include my Craftsman, C-Mon's, Hess's. Beau Brummel's, and Otto Deutsch.... My DD collection has a couple that would be hard to part with too.....
But still my "Baby" is my little Mack the Knife, yeah yeah you guys are sick of me saying it, but somebody is always asking this question :roflmao:roflmao
http://straightrazorpalace.com/168479-post2.html
I have too many I enjoy using to really pick just one. If you put a gun to my head an told me to pick one I guess I'd be dead!
I say that your first straight razor experience is like losing your virginity. You always remember your first time. :roflmao
Asking to name your favorite razor is like asking which one of your kids do you love the most.:D
Well, I still have and use my first one: an 11/16 weltmeister hollow ground. nothing fancy.
But his one is my pride and joy, and I will never sell it if I can help it.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/galle...-finished.html
OK, so I guess I'd have to say my restored W&B wedge I just had an excellently smooth shave this morning with it. Really top notch.
I gave away my baby and thus broke the stranglehold that RAD's shadow threatened me with some time ago. :shrug:
Anyway, my workhorse is my Wapienica. I don't have another baby yet; maybe someday :)
Not my best shaver, a good one, just not the best. I really love the look and feel of this one though. It is a John Elliot "for barber's use" measuring in at a healthy 8/8 full wedge grind with a barber's notch. The scales are some of traveller's work.
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as the starter of this thread i need to post pics of mine :-D It's the only one i have that "sings." while stropping there's a resonant "shing shing shing" ask i said it's not much of a looker (someone even carved "popp" in to the handle). the pics are after some maas polishing to clean it up a bit.
I'm still trying all sorts of blades, but I can already tell (after only three shaves) that it's going to be very hard to beat the Zowada:
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oh i envy you bpave....that is a very beautiful razor
Well, I got it today and had one of the BEST shaves I ever had.I didn't do anything but take it out of the packing and giving it a strop. JOE CHANDLER is the MAN:bow. here it is: 5/8 roundpoint with Desert Ironwood Scales. Mirror polished-absolutely flawless in every way. I WILL be buying ANOTHER.http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b3...handler004.jpg
This is my baby. It's a carr brothers cutlers. I'd love to have it rescaled and the blade restored but i can't afford that so ill just keep on shavin with it till some other date.
Mine is a TI Le Grelot that I honed for another SRP member. Absolutely the smoothest shave I have ever had.:)
As I tend to be a collector of things...I'll probably be buried with all of them....
But, I really like the W.Greaves that Philadelph fixed up for me, and I'm awfully partial to the Thiers Issard sboulderless 6/8 I bought from C-Utz here.
I hate to say I'd only take one, but it is kinda neat to see our opinions change as we get more into this hobby.
So far, my favorite is the C. Meyers I restored. I was really proud of the professional looking job I did with it, and it is the best shaver I have so far. But, I have 14 blades to work on, so my preference may change over time. I have bone, antler, linen micarta, canvas micarta to work with right now, and ideas for many more materials.
C. Meyers & Sons
Mine would be my 6/8+ spike tip Wade & Butcher with desert ironwood scales. Well over 100 years old and a dream to hone and shave with. I can never stay away for long.
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Beautiful razor, XMAN!! Almost too beautiful to shave with...:D
I'm a new "coupe-chou" shaver... This is my first one... I'd you to help me if you know this mark...
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I am a sucker for a nice heavy blade and Traveler's work on the scales really tops it off. I have two of his razors and love them.Quote:
Originally Posted by sicboater
bpave777 -
I love that Zowada razor! I can see why it would be your favorite!!!
As of now this is my baby. It might be replaced as #1 once I finish a few others.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/galle...br-cherry.html
Vintage 6/8" PUMA number 39 . Shaving heaven, well this month that is.
At the present, "my baby" is a 6/8ths, CS, half hallow Livi regrind with Buckeye burl scales.
LIMIT
I guess my first resto has to be my baby. The one that taught me to hate hand sanding but love the side effects.
W&B Celebrated Fine India Steel in Arizona Desert Ironwood.
Cameras don't work in El Salvador?Quote:
Originally Posted by Detach
hahaha...no, they don't. They say it's something about being so close to the equator and the pacific ocean at the same time...:shrug: :tuQuote:
Originally Posted by Whiggamore
no i was on a trip there and had only the hotel's computer to use at the time so i could not up load the pics...
Excellent. Where do you plan on being burried?Quote:
Originally Posted by iron maiden
A 9/8 Barbers Use W&B Wedge, easy to keep sharp, wonderfully smooth shaver.
Ditto with Randy on the Le Grelot and I am not he for whom the razor was honed. They be good blades.:bow