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I started with 5/8 which is good now my collection has grown and I have razors from 5/8 all the way up to almost 8/8 and I think 6/8 is probably my favorite size (spike point :)) That size is just real easy for me to use in every aspect of the shave stroping to shaving!
I just bought a Bismarck 6/8ths and it's an excellent shaver, beautiful workmanship and just feels right in my hand. I knew I liked 6/8ths to start with...also have a 5/8ths but dont like the way it feels, it's just too light. I like the weight of my Bismarck but that's probably why you have to try different grinds too. I think a 5/8ths wedge or half hollow weights in close to a 6/8ths full hollow and the right razor might feel better. I would buy another Bismarck.
I started with 5/8s and have only bought 5/8s since. I'm thinking I'll try a 6/8 next, since I always seem to think that the razors should be a little heavier.
Oh, and I do always wonder if there will be a difference in the stiffness between 5/8s and 6/8s for the same grind.
On the market where? Dovo recently made their most recent discovery cleaning out their warehouse and Boker just started making 7/8 because there is a market for them. Where? Point them out! Just a wee bit predjudice are we?Quote:
Originally Posted by BeBerlin
BeB,
Could your comment about the flood of 7/8 and a paucity of 6/8 have been a typo? From what I've observed there are boocoo (or is that beaucoupe?) 5/8 on the market and a modicum of 6/8 and a mightly slim choice of 7/8. Our European makers seem to think that most shavers demand the 5/8, which I think is not the case.
So, kcar, were you to choose a 6/8, you'd probably get a fine and eminently ueful shaving tool. A 7/8 will take a bit of getting used to, particularly if you don't have a moustache and have to shave under your nose, but is also a fine shaver.
My vote is for a 6/8 as being the best of the middle of the road. Since we're using the road metaphor here it's only right to add your mileage may vary. :rofl2:
And while here on the pavement, I gotta add a suggetion to look at the DOVO 6/8 Special with faux tortise scales. If I didn't have such a terrible case of RAD, I probably would have stopped buying razors with that one. Other razors may strike your fancy, and that's what should guide you as most will work just fine. But that 6/8 fake turtle really fits my hand well, shaves well, looks good, and thus it ranks right up there in the favorites rotation.
good luck, good shaving
I agree that you would probably be very happy with a 6/8. It is a nice size and I also agree that 5/8 is really too small for most Americans. A few years ago Heribert Wacker asked me what Americans like and I told him, "Big scarry sharp things!" <LOL> Dovo wouldn't even talk to me about a 7/8 which is interesting since they keep cleaning that same warehouse and finding the absolute last of them. Lynn himself got the "absolute last ones in existance" a few years back. <LOL>Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruce
If you have a heavy beard and you need a blade that doesn't flex as much you have two options - a thicker grind like a quarter hollow, or a step up in size (blade width).Quote:
Originally Posted by captainboog
I don't know why, but I thought that I had read that the narrower the blade the less flex it had for a given grind. I did a lot of reading before buying my first straight and that just kinda stuck with me. Wouldn't be the first time I read something wrong.
If the 6/8 has less flex than the same 5/8, I'll have to give one a try. So far, the stiffer the blade, the more I like the razor. I hate ordering razors before the new ones that I just bought arrive, but looks like I'll be looking for a 6/8 pretty quick.