Thread: Livi vs. Wacker

Originally Posted by Hawkeye5

I don't have my Livi new grinds here at work to confirm the grind, but my recollection is they are closer to half hollow than full hollow. Lynn might stop by and make an official pronouncement.

More on the half hollow side would be correct.

Thanks,

Lynn

That's an easy choice, Chandler!!!!!! look for more pictures of his work. are wacker's custom? I thought he just reground other people's blades. definitely not a livi. I can't afford any of them, but for real style? come on guys, livi's, once in a while one looks good, but overall, most of the scales look the same, and they don't look to me to be very often that great. I love chandlers, Bill Ellis work is great too, but personality wise Joe seems more friendly. josh earls stuff is good, I love some of his acid finishes. Butch does some good work too. if your grandpa isn't in a hurry might wait and see what Alex (Philadelph) turns out, he's a real perfectionist. I'm sure his stuff will be awesome.

Red

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Its a matter of how you define better. Do you mean the shave? A $40 Eboy special might beat them all.

a 40 buck eboy special beat a Livi.... never! Sure, you can probably match a Livi if you're lucky and your eboy special just happens to tick all those boxes, but never beat.

And you'd have to be real lucky, whereas with a Livi there's no luck, only reliability.

Depends on how its honed I suppose.

Actually probably my best shaving razors are a couple of vintage Dovo's I got NOS. I have a bunch of Livi's and I'm really splitting hairs here. However just because the Dovo shaves better by a fraction of a millimeter I would never say the Dovo is a better razor, not for a second. Really when two razors shave so close its pretty much a dead heat.

Originally Posted by majurey

a 40 buck eboy special beat a Livi.... never! Sure, you can probably match a Livi if you're lucky and your eboy special just happens to tick all those boxes, but never beat.

Never say never.

I paid £1 ($1.60) for a Fontana I'd put up against anything.

Originally Posted by littlesilverbladefromwale

I paid £1 ($1.60) for a Fontana I'd put up against anything.

I paid £3 for my Wilkinson and I'd say the same

I've honed a Wacker yesterday and it had heel issues like other blades, LOL
I guess its all about taste.

Originally Posted by Pyment

I don't know who is grinding the new Revisors, but I love mine.

If Gramps is a fan of big razors how about this?

I don't know if it is true or not but I have heard that some of the old masters are being coaxed out of retirement to make razors for a while. With the economy the way it is in Germany - pretty much like ours - they are probably happy to get the phone call.