Thread: If You Could Have Only One Razor

I find it almost impossible to answer. I guess if I was on a desert island it would be a Robert Williams 9/8 with giraffe bone scales. Not that I particularly favor huge blades over medium sized but I happen to love everything about that particular razor.

Hard question to answer.
Of the razors I've got now, the Wade Wingfield, Rowbothom & Co.
It's a 6/8ths 1/2 hollow with an oblique point. A marvellous razor, but still one always hopes to find something better, doesn't one?

goshawk

Yes, it is a difficult question to answer, especially if you have many, many great shavers (too many to list). BUT, if I were forced to choose, it would be my Robert Williams with mammoth tooth ivory scales. Beautifully balanced with an edge that gives me unbelievable shaves!

Steve

I would love to have a Puma High Class in perfect condition and honed to perfection!

One of the older W&B Bow's. 6/8, half hollow, square point with a stylized tip, classy etching on the blade (just text in normal font), black horn scales, metal spacer.

Then again, I really like my Greaves with thumb and finger notches, quarter hollow grind, 6/8, large notch/Spanish point and a nice smile in horn (or maybe bakelite... I don't remember) scales.

It's tough, but something around 6/8 half to quarter hollow, Sheffield steel, precise point, slight smile, black horn scales and a clean, classy look.

I would choose my Hart razor. It gave me my first BBS shave and continues to satisfy. Which is odd, because as a newbie trying to find what I liked the best I became convinced that I preferred round points over square or spike points. Yet my answer to this question contradicts my own template:

I thought I liked: round point, 1/4 ground, slight smile, like my LeGrelot

I choose: the Hart with a muted spike point!

The LeGrelot comes in a close second, but the Hart wins.

Inconsistent? Yes. Irrational? Possibly. Perhaps this behavior is determined by the same gene which recognizes that I don't need another razor while sending me to the classifieds here at SRP at regular intervals... or prompts me to buy a new soap or cream when I have found a great one for regular use (Truefitt & Hill Ultimate Comfort shave cream).

Originally Posted by Miner123

If you could have only one razor, what would be your choice, and why?

That's like asking us to choose which of our children we love most! <LOL>

or which of our wives............. uh never mind!

Easy choice for me.

I'd keep my Novelty Cutlery 5/8. It belonged to my great grandfather and it was the first real razor I acquired.

I don't have a lot of expierence with different razors. However the Wonderedge I have used for over 30 years out shaves everything I have tried.

My grandfather used a Boker for over 50 years and he felt that was the best razor.

My great uncle who lived to be 95 years old was a barber for over 60 years. He said the C-Mon was the best razor he had ever used.

There is 140 years of straight razor shaving with three different opionions.

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