Thread: best razor on the market

yeah if you can get your hands on a Doble Temple do it..it's my top SR as of right now...but i also have five others waiting to be the slayers of facial hair! can't go wrong with a Filarmonica 13

Das Wulfgar

Originally Posted by Wulfgar

yeah if you can get your hands on a Doble Temple do it..it's my top SR as of right now...but i also have five others waiting to be the slayers of facial hair! can't go wrong with a Filarmonica 13

Das Wulfgar

thats exactly what i have, a filarmonica 13 dople temple. just looking for something else.

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

This one, of course: Chronik "First Class" 6/8 - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-saaaaWeet!

I like! A lot.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Two other brand names that stand out to me for smooth besides Filarmonica are C-MON and Hess....but they are hard to find in good shape...

Just as an aside, and to prove how pointless the question of "best razor" is: I recently treated myself to this Hess Hair Milk Laboratories "99" 6/8 - Straight Razor Place Wiki (on which, apparently, Glen and Lee had worked magic even before it was touched by the hand of Max). And I went "hmmm... if it weren't for the scales, I could swear it was a Hans." Those vintage blades are sometimes quite close with regards to the ways they shave. Very, very close. At the end of the day, so much depends on your personal preference that your idea of a "best razor" may change over very short periods of time. At least for me it does.

Originally Posted by New2CutThroats

Sa-sa-sa-sa-sa-saaaaWeet! I like! A lot.

Just to make sure, you did read the thread at the end of the review? Because that razor is certainly not what you want.

what do most of you prefer in terms of size? a 5/8? 6/8? is a n 8/8 too big?

Originally Posted by viegas703

what do most of you prefer in terms of size? a 5/8? 6/8? is a n 8/8 too big?

I like all of those. I suppose 6/8 if I only had one but a 5/8 is fine too. I had to get used to the 8/8. A bit intimidating at first but once I got going it was fine.

I have 6/8, and 7/8 like them both. Definitely went away from 5/8 because I like to feel the heftiness of the blade a little.

Originally Posted by viegas703

what do most of you prefer in terms of size? a 5/8? 6/8? is a n 8/8 too big?

That depends on what you want to achieve, and what your level of experience is. See also the point on this in the Frequently Asked Questions.

LOL. Yeah. Wrong pictures came up. Clicked on the wrong link, or my browser was acting up? But it wasn't that razor, I saw last night. This one was pristine and shiny and the scales were gorgeous. There was more than one angle of the razor, too.

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

Just to make sure, you did read the thread at the end of the review? Because that razor is certainly not what you want.