Thread: What are your top 3 straight razors?

It is so cool following this thread. Ton of great razors. The hardest part for me is trying even to identify my top 10 favorites, let alone the top three.



Lynn

Originally Posted by Lynn

It is so cool following this thread. Ton of great razors. The hardest part for me is trying even to identify my top 10 favorites, let alone the top three.

That's the downside to having so many to choose from.

I can help you with that

My top three razors are ugly and I'm too lazy to find photos of them. In fact I don't think I even have a photo for one of them.

Ok found a picture for the first one. This is my top razor because oldblades is da man. And it's a cool razor. It doesn't shave yet though. Oh dear... I am not really a collector am I? *shudder*



#2 7/8 shortened Heljestrand with ivory scales. It's a great one-pass shave and I enjoy the look and feel of the razor itself.

#3 I guess for now it is a Keen Kutter wedge that is so smooth and such an easy shave for me that I don't think I can part with it. It's so cheap-looking and ugly too. Wrong scales, heavy hone wear into the etching, unfinished sanding scratches on one side, abandoned in my project bin for months.... It cracks me up sometimes

Hi, Just to give some support to the unsung members of the razor world ! In no order: 1) Wapienica 1 2) Wapienica 2 3) Dovo Best 1/2 hollow I have more illustrious membersrs in my stable, but these 3 are good, honest-to-goodness workaday razors. No frills, not expensive just good shavers which are easy for a newbie like me to maintain I am very fond of them. Best regards Russ

Isn´t it funny that reading this thread we can not spot any custom/expensive/NASA kind of razor...just some good old work horses

I wonder were all the Livi´s and supra Zowadas are????

Although I don´t have any, I sure wouldn´t mind to have one in my set!! But I wonder if it isn´t just the luxury of having one and not their ultra efficiency in shaving that leads us to spend huge amounts of money in them...

Well, maybe I´ll have one of those 8/8 Buffalo Horn ATS34 steel Livi´s

B

This week in no particular order

Originally Posted by barnabeflores

I wonder were all the Livi´s and supra Zowadas are????

Look again! It never hurts to look at razor photos over and over anyway

C-Mon Wedge (in Dovo terms...), 5/8
Genco Fluid Steel, 11/16, full-hollow

The third is a tough choice, either:
Frederick Reynolds, 7/8+, almost a full wedge... or
The Torrey Razor Co, 6/8, quarter hollow

At first I said to myself that I was not going to divulge any trade secrets....

But here's one I can share:


Shaves like a champ. Fantastic full hollow grind, and excellent workmanship. LX's loss is my gain!

You can get one too (or one that looks to be identical) from ShavingShop:


8/8 Dorko 1217 "CASA GIL" Carbon Steel Round Point w/Forged Spine - black plastic : Shaving Shop - luxury classic wet shaving products - straight razors

My Top Three Shavers:

#1. Les+++Croix 6/8, It always shaves smooth and leaves an extraodinarily smooth face.



#2. Filarmonica Doble Temple #13, The perfect weight and size.



#3. Bill Ellis 'Hybrid' 11/16, A heavier grind yet gives all of my full hollows a run for their money.