Thread: Bartmann vs. Wapi (looking for an all stainless)

The Wapis certainly take some beating on the edge - at any price - but they do tend to be maintenance-intensive as the steel is a bit soft but WOW are they sharp! I'm out of the SS scaled ones, have a few plastic-scaled left but if you see SS ones buy them now - there are NO MORE!

(except those I get!)

Originally Posted by blueprinciple

there are NO MORE!

(except those I get!)

Oh, I wouldn't go quite that far!

Update: have now test-driven the three razors discussed in this thread: Wapi, Dovo and the Bartmann -- and posted a review here on SRP. It's at http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...-bartmann.html if you're interested.

Thanks again for all the great suggestions!

Originally Posted by John Crowley

When I purchased these I did not realize they were single bevel razors. If I had realized that, I would not have purchased them mearly because of the current razor paradime that it has to have two bevels.
As a side note - since I know there is going to be resistance to them; I have them priced for just about what I paid for them - so I can turn them over and purchase something new.

John

Originally Posted by mrgad

Update: have now test-driven the three razors discussed in this thread:

Hey, I don't feel like any sacred cows have been slaughtered here... if it got you a good shave, I can accept that. I fully admit that I was making an assumption about the microtome without any personal experience. I was shooting from the hip, and that is all. In fact, now I'm a bit curious to try one out to see how my experiences mesh with yours... I'll have to think about that one. Thanks for the update.

I don't either. It IS a medical razor, it was NOT meant to shave with, and it certainly isn't like a japanese razor.

If it works for shaving, then great, I'd like to try my self - I enjoy variation - but I do think you were a little harsh with some of your sweeping statements, after all, the information they gave you was true and they didn't want to see a new guy slash 100 bucks up the wall on a bit of an unknown quantity. I don't think you should hold that against anyone.

gregs, I'm not aware of anything that I wrote that criticized any forum members; certainly nothing could be further from my intent. I always appreciate the opinions and body of knowledge here. I simply test-drove an off-beat razor and reported my happy results. My writing style may have been off-putting to you, but I didn't intend to take anyone to task. If I didn't value these fellow members, I would never have come back to spend the time to share my thoughts and experiences. - M.