Thread: Holly Grail

Its all relative. If you have a grail once you get it it won't be anymore and it will be replaced by another grail.

I would rather just say a razor you really really want. I guess for me it would be a bertrum Hen and Rooster razor and a Bresnick Napoleon. I really don't expect to ever get either.

From an emotional attachment point of view, my Red Point is the holy grail. It is the only razor of the dozens I have purchased that I have kept and it was my first, gifted to me by my good friend Greg and honed to perfection by Max. I can honestly say that no matter how many razors I get I will never want to rid myself of this one.

I agree with the comments above. Not to be too coarse about it (and no pun intended), but I think these old razors are like girls -- every new one you see makes you fall in love or lust for a little while.

But what about this for a Holy Grail -- how about a straight razor that was owned by some historic person and used by that person for a significant part of his life. I mean, wouldn't you be interested in seeing Thomas Jefferson's straight razor? How about Stalin's? How about John Wayne's? To me, any one of these razors would be kind of like the Holy Grail, not so much because of the maker but because of the owner.

I'd like to change my answer a bit, an Otto Deutches or W&B are desired acquisitions, if they were a holy grail I would be willing to spend enough to get one now. In fact the W&B is a desired acquisition for restore and rescale, I don't want to buy one shave ready.

No, I think my holy grail would be one of two razors. Either the one razor that would make all of you hate me for finding it first (cause I'm a jerk like that). Or this razor...

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...-bartmann.html

and yes, I hate the owner of that razor for finding it first

Originally Posted by ursus

The ultra-rare Grübelsdotter "Bleistiftskügelscreibe". It was forged in secret forge of Monace, which located exactly in the middle of Sheffield-Solingen-Eskiltuna Triangle, as reported by Plato. It was forged in 1888 from alloy found from the site of a meteorite crash to Soviet Union earlier that year. No-one knows who the smith was, but the legend tells that he wound up in Polish mental asylum chanting "it doesn't need stropping" all over and over again. He never did manage to grow his beard back after that and in 2007, he still was as BBS as when he was committed.

Unfortunately 8 of these blades we melted down to make the Eiffel tower, but I was luckily able to get a hold of the last one and it is still so sharp you'll nick yourself just looking at it. The rest 7 of them are in a 7-day set, held by a homeless man in Australia, that shaves sheep for fun.

But We're not planning to sell them, even for $20, so you can quite worrying about it and buy just what feels good to you.

To be serious for a moment, what Lynn just said has been said time and again in the other threads to aimed to find "the best razor of all time". It's individual. It's whatever floats your boat. It's whatever I choose when I shamble off for a shave.

Anyways, welcome to SRP mate. I hope you find your holy grail of razors soon. Many happy shavings =D

I had one of them there Grübelsdotter wossits but the wheels fell off. Hang on, maybe it was a Volkswagen................

For me? got it already. Frederick Fenney 1840-ish Tally-Ho Humpback - looks like Conan's sidearm and shaves like a light sabre.

It seems like every razor I get just ends up making me want another. For awhile it was a Zowada custom, but I lost my lust for that. But a Limited Edition TI Thiers Hammered would be nice. Even found one, but the euro exchange rate has them at 600 bucks. Just cant justify it!

Originally Posted by Steelforge

I've tried a lot of rare and wonderful razors in the past, but one I've never tried (or am ever likely to ) is a Tamahagane Iwasaki western straight like JimR's.

I never expected to see one of these for sale, but here it is:

IWASAKI Western Style Razor 75mm Tamahagane Blade

For me it would be a Mappin Lancet point. I have been wanting one for quite some time now. I have a couple of Sheffields but do not consider myself a collecter. However, the lancet is one I really would like to own.

Even if I could get one that need restoration that would be ok as long as the damage is not too bad.

It would be this and I will get it soon.

I was thinking about getting that razor also. There is one up for auction on eBay or I can get it new from Vintage Blades. I guess if I lose the auction that will be the next place I go.

Let me know how the shave is on that.

Rube