what will give a `wapi`like shave but with more weight and better balance?

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02-17-2009, 06:20 PM
Hirsutus

what will give a `wapi`like shave but with more weight and better balance?

Hi All,

I have come some way since my first tragicomic experience with straights (http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...html)...Thanks for your support back then!

I just got a cheap NOS Wapi off ebay ($25) - and am fascinated by the shave. Completely different from my Livi Regrind. I don´t like the balance though...

So... to give me something to contemplate.... can anyone make a suggestion as to what razor I should be thinking of hunting down that is bigger (at least 6|8) and properly balanced AND has a Wapi-like shave feel?

I have an uneasy suspicion it might have to be a LeGrelot 1|4 grind (which will mean I will have to start working on brownie points at home :gaah:)

Take Care,

Alex
02-17-2009, 06:26 PM
KristofferBodvin

Have you tried any dovos? The dovo special come in 6/8 and is great.

Kristoffer.
02-17-2009, 06:26 PM
importcarguy

my thought.

I love my wapi. your right it is as smooth as silk. i have a few razors that shave just as smooth. try to track down a wade and butcher meat chopper. i have a 8/8 wedge with barbers notch. shaves smoother than anything i have including the wapi. thats my suggestion
02-17-2009, 06:38 PM
Seraphim

Yup, either vintage Sheffield, or the LeGrelot 1/4.
02-17-2009, 06:43 PM
coachmike

How about getting your Wapi rescaled???? that should solve you issues.
02-17-2009, 07:16 PM
Seraphim

Quote:

Originally Posted by coachmike

How about getting your Wapi rescaled???? that should solve you issues.

Genius!!!:tu
02-17-2009, 08:05 PM
importcarguy

LE GRELOT

Are the le grelot great razors. i keep reading such good things about them. I just traded away the one ti that i had because it didnt shave as well as my vintage shefields. it was a full hollow 6/8. And again in this post everyone is sayling la grelot.
02-18-2009, 06:22 PM
Hirsutus

thanks....

Thanks, All, for the great Food for Thought!

Kristoffer, I think that for the "Wapienica effect" I need a more wedge-like blade - so am not considering a "Hollow" Dovo, at least at the moment .... But am open to be convinced otherwise :)

Take care,

Alex
02-18-2009, 10:36 PM
holli4pirating

Dovo does make a quarter hollow... or is it a half hollow. I think I've seen it at vintagebladesllc.com as the "classic black."

If you want to try an older Sheffield wedge, I just threw a Greaves up in the classifieds. I'm not sure the styling is for everyone, though.