150 Dollars for a razor. Which one?

I'm thinking of setting aside a max of 150 dollars from a sale I'm going to be making (hopefully) to buy a new straight. I have a few choices and wanted to see what you guys would recommend.
Here are the choices I've thought of:

Henckels Friodur 7/8 (meh, kinda boring looking IMO)
Revisor
Grelot from RasurPur
EDIT: I wanted to add this Gotta to this list as well
Other

I'm also looking at a few razors on eBay that I really want, so if you recommend looking on eBay for a nice NOS blade, you can just choose that.

Thanks

I think any of those would be a great blade... personally, I think Revisor makes some of the damn prettiest razors on the new market...

That said, I think razors tend to be razors... if you get my drift... so whatever one you like the looks of the most, go for! :D

I agree with Benjamin, go with whichever one catches your eye..! All of the ones you mention are good shavers, so go on looks! :D Hehe!

I like Grelot from RasurPur from this list. Also consider the fact that this razor is limited historical edition

When you are saying that the fridour is boring,are you referring to the spanish point or the round point one?

I have a historic LeGrelot and it shaves great, but I have also tried a Fridour and it shaves just as well. For me any of the two will be equally worthy.
In the end it's what catches your eye the best.

I've never used the Le Grelot, or Revisor,but I have a Zwilling 7/8 nos and it's plain but beautiful and a wonderful shave.

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Originally Posted by akhorosh

Also consider the fact that this razor is limited historical edition

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How would that be an advantage over the Friodur, let alone the Gotta?

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Originally Posted by BeBerlin

How would that be an advantage over the Friodur, let alone the Gotta?

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Because I believe historic LeGrelot is been produced in much less quantities than Friodur, and Gotta.

I know you said "new" or "NOS", but personally, if I had $150 to spend on a razor, I'd get a used one off the Classifieds from a well-respected member here for the following reasons:

1) I'd want to know that someone who has honed and used plenty of razors can vouch that this one hones easily. Some razors are much harder to hone than others, for various reasons. Of course, if you aren't ever going to hone it yourself, this doesn't necessarily apply.

2) As far as buying used, in a strictly bang-for-the-buck sense, I'd reckon you could get twice the razor if you don't mind, say, the tiniest bit of hone wear or some minor cosmetic flaw.


[In the interest of full disclosure, I've only ever spent about a fifth of that on a razor, so these ideas are just for others to bounce around.]

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Originally Posted by northpaw

I know you said "new" or "NOS", but personally, if I had $150 to spend on a razor, I'd get a used one off the Classifieds from a well-respected member here for the following reasons:

1) I'd want to know that someone who has honed and used plenty of razors can vouch that this one hones easily. Some razors are much harder to hone than others, for various reasons. Of course, if you aren't ever going to hone it yourself, this doesn't necessarily apply.

2) As far as buying used, in a strictly bang-for-the-buck sense, I'd reckon you could get twice the razor if you don't mind, say, the tiniest bit of hone wear or some minor cosmetic flaw.


[In the interest of full disclosure, I've only ever spent about a fifth of that on a razor, so these ideas are just for others to bounce around.]

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I think the most I've ever spent on a straight so far has been about 55 bucks. It was for a mint Friodur in 5/8.
I'm working on my honing at the moment, so I do plan on honing any razors I get at some point in the future.
I think I'm going to check out a few razors on eBay that are normally too high for me to bid on, but are still cheaper than these options.

I was thinking the Revisor or Le Grelot but what northpaw says about going lightly used might be a better value for the money. The important thing is that you know what you're doing and I think you do. If I was looking at ebay I would make sure the seller had a return policy. No "as is" razors.

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Originally Posted by akhorosh

Because I believe historic LeGrelot is been produced in much less quantities than Friodur, and Gotta.

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The new/old stock Gotta's just showed up a few years ago and are very rare. The Friodurs are limited to what is presently on the market and there will be no more of the big ones.

Herr Nienberg's Le Grelot 6/8's are fantastic.

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Originally Posted by John Crowley

The new/old stock Gotta's just showed up a few years ago and are very rare. The Friodurs are limited to what is presently on the market and there will be no more of the big ones.

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My instant reaction was to go for the Gotta, too. Rumour has it (three independent sources, so there may be some truth to this, after all) that there are literally thousands of NOS Friodurs out there. They have been showing up in batches of 10 on eBay recently, and I would refuse to pay more than USD 100 for one, unless it had custom scales I like (not likely...).

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Originally Posted by BeBerlin

My instant reaction was to go for the Gotta, too.

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Surprised, but glad to see you'd recommend sheffield steel :p

Sheffield? Grah & Plümacher, Solingen-Weyer in 1922 and 1925, Brüderstrasse 25 in 1939 and 1983. Brand names: 'Feinklang', 'Silver Ring', 'The Gael', 'The Gotta'. Open-blade razor maker.

I just don't like the look of the big Friodurs for some reason. I think the curve at the heel is different from other razors and it looks kind of ugly to me. They're also very plain and the custom scales they come with aren't what I like...
I think it's either gonna be that Gotta or something really really nice that I'm keepin an eye on. The "really really nice" razor though is likely to go way out of my price range (no, it's NOT a Filarmonica)