Thread: What would you Buy as a "Best" Shaver

Originally Posted by Bladerunner

The one picked from a Leprechan on St Pat's one an only dayof the year!!

Ah yes, the elusive Ever Full Glass of Guinness model from a little known Dublin manufacturer. Still looking for one of them myself, along with one of the receptacles after which it was named.

If I could only have one, it would probably be a 11/16 or 6/8 W&B Bow. Or maybe a similar size/grind Greaves...

I guess what i was hoping for was a certain style size type ect.. that would be most favored so i could get a "head start" on what to look for.. What is great about the responses tells me that there are many great ones to be had..

An update on one of my rough ones .. I had bought it in the classified "shave ready" & it just didn't do my face right.. ..post chrome ox. applied to one side of my linen strop... 20 strops.. then plain linen, the leather and it came up to even with my "best" one. yesterday morning i stropped it 5 times on the fairy dust linen strop, then plain, then leather using lite pressure..Man what a difference.. it now blows my others out of the sink water! (so to speak) No kidding, this razor is now purely awesome. i really didn't expect a straight razor could be this sharp.. I figured a little suffering was part of the heritage from our forefathers. now i know the truth!!

Kirk

The recommend size and grind is as I posted - about half hollow and 11/16 or 6/8. It seems that round points are recommended, but I've never had a problem with the squares. This is, of course, all in the wiki. Robin knows the proper links better than I.

It would simply be the otto busch weltmeister with the simple plastic scales that was my first razor. For some reason I seem to be immune to the xAD bugs.

Well... actually that is not entirely correct. As far as the choice for shavers go, it would be correct but even though I don't suffer from RAD there is a razor that I would really like to own: a Mappin Lancet point.
Sadly, I have not yet been able to buy one. For some reason, that's the only one I'd really like to put my hands on.

Bruno, in which size do you have your ‘Otto Busch Weltmeister’?

As a pure performance shaver? I'd get a new TI razor in silver steel. If you have tough beard the difference is quite noticeable.

I think it depends where you are in the learning curve and whether you are planning on using it to learn how to hone your own... I know I destroyed my first one ( but it wasn't that great to start and it was a kind of stainless thing that was brand new, not shave ready and stubborn ) so my first one should really have been a cheaper vintage one (rather than new). Now when I am looking to pick up a razor my ideal find is under $25.00, square tip, minimal wear, american/german/british/french, don't care about the scales cause the're gonna be replaced anyway. Don't care about blade engraving/gold wash (strictly cosmetic) . And if I could only have one, it would be the one with the least wear that met the above criteria.

never mind... I just read this link and changed my mind....http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...eel-razor.html

Originally Posted by exarcher

If you were going to buy a razor for you to use exclusively as a shaver, what would you get?? Would a new custom be in order, or would you look for a specific vintage razor.?

Thanks for the input!!

Kirk

Ladies and gentlemen:

That is a difficult question to answer, since I have many more shaves to enjoy and razors to try. For now, if I must have an answer, I would choose my Wacker 1st Model "Old Sheffield" 6/8" razor with bone scales and dreadnought point. It by no means gives me the best shave. Rather, I like its looks, balance and the perfect way it tucks itself into my hands.

Regards,
Obie