Thread: What's your "Holy Grail" razor?

I am pretty much satisfied with my hoard. The only thing I am still looking for is a Mappin Lancet. I haven't given up yet.

I would very much like to strike PUMA GOLD!

Every razor in my stable!

I had been wanting a TIPTLE for years but never got one before the supply ran out. Last Christmas I was looking around at different web sites and stumbled upon a site in Belgium that had a brand new one offered. I figured that they just hadn't updated their site because I hadn't seen a new one at retail for a long time but I contacted them anyway just to check. Here is the package that arrived from Belgium a few days later!

I am constantly searching for another Lisbon razor. They were made by T. Warburton between 1770- 1835.
Mine is 1810- 20 vintage, slightly scimitar, and what a shaver! It is my 'go to' razor. I like it so much I want a back up in case something horrible happens to it.
To find another would be great, but to find one with tortoise scales..... that would be the Grail!

Ed
quicknicker

Originally Posted by quicknicker

I am constantly searching for another Lisbon razor. They were made by T. Warburton between 1770- 1835.
Mine is 1810- 20 vintage, slightly scimitar, and what a shaver! It is my 'go to' razor. I like it so much I want a back up in case something horrible happens to it.
To find another would be great, but to find one with tortoise scales..... that would be the Grail!

Ed
quicknicker

I'd love to see a picture of your razor

All the beautiful, non big name, awesome shaving razors I snag off the Bay for cheap because of all the people with "XXXX" brand tunnel vision . I do have a couple I'm still hunting, a Hans Otto,Case Temperlite, and an Engels Special, although the Wapi 2(red scaled full hollow version) seems to be my unicorn......

A Robert Williams.

I wouldn't mind a Dorko or another schlieper either, but the grail for me is a nice custom RW.

I'm not saying that I'll have any involvement in this, but one morning Max is going to wake up and find this missing from his cabinet:



If I find one of these, I'm set.

One of mine was also a Puma Gold (hopefully I can cross that off my list). I don't really have holy grails, more like razors that I really want, so there's always a list of them.
A nice Globusmen comes to mind.
A Fritz Bracht Dovo (I have a Tennis already, but wouldn't mind a Dovo as well).
A nice Japanese straight.
Those are the ones I can think of. Not likely that I'll get them soon as I'm rarely willing to pay what a razor is actually worth. I'll wait