Thread: Most overrated Razor?

It looks to me like it's not honed all the way down through the heel. Also looks a little bit dinged up at the shoulder.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Could somebody that owns one of these look closely at the heel and shoulder and compare it to this one... Can't tell if it is the pic or the razor but something just looks to be off there..

I have the "little" Livi, and like it, but I've noticed that, unlike most other razors, it is a little thicker moving from the blade past the shoulder toward the tang. It seems to be the way the razor is made, and it can be honed, but I noticed that I couldn't lay much of the shoulder on the hone or the shoulder/tang end would lift up a little. If someone tried, they might be able to hone that difference down, and that's what it looks like happened on the razor we've been looking at. To hone my Livi, I really have to pay attention or I'll not get the heel end just right because it tends to lift.

I should have a picture, sorry, I'm at work (sneaking off to SRP instead of working!)

Looking at that photo I was thinking it might be the light reflections and less than perfect focus but dunno

I bought 9 Wapienicas a few years back when they were inexpensive. All had the SFK stamping on them. My idea was to use seven to make a re-scaled set and use the remaining two for experimentation, initial shaving/honing tests, etc. IIRC, not more than two or three were usable. At least four of the bunch had flaws in the steel at the edge that were visible (dimple at the edge, what looked almost like a hard speck of dust embedded in the steel at the edge on one of the razors). Most were unacceptably uneven (some call it "warped"). One had an edge that crumbled during honing.

I was not impressed with the Wapienica.

Chris L

The Dovo Shavette and the Feather "Artist" whatever. Seriously, how these have become the flagship answers for anyone wanting a disposable straight razor is one of the greatest mysteries of mankind.

I'm pretty certain a DE blade jammed in a popsicle stick would be a better choice to either of these.

At $140 spent between the two I'd say these were the 2 most expensive and worst shaves of my life.

i recently honed and used a dubl duk.... that was the hardest to hone generally unpleasant razor i have ever had the misfortune of pressing to my face.... it just plain sucked.... *(it did pass the shave test....and it was sharp... but something about it was just plain uncomfortable and irritating to use).........

Originally Posted by paco664

i recently honed and used a dubl duk.... that was the hardest to hone generally unpleasant razor i have ever had the misfortune of pressing to my face.... it just plain sucked.... *(it did pass the shave test....and it was sharp... but something about it was just plain uncomfortable and irritating to use).........

I bet there are some exceptions, but I have never seen a DD that does not hone fine and easy.

Originally Posted by mainaman

I bet there are some exceptions, but I have never seen a DD that does not hone fine and easy.

i should have taken a photo for you.... it fought me every inch of the way.... didn't want to take a bevel..a and didn't want to polish out.... i won in the end..... but it was a battle....

Originally Posted by mainaman

I bet there are some exceptions, but I have never seen a DD that does not hone fine and easy.

+1. The DD I had could have taken a great edge by honing on a concrete sidewalk.(exageration, but you get the point)

I have to admit to being bitterly, bitterly disappointed in the Dovo Bergischer Lowe I bought a few years back. So much so that I gave it away to another member for free. However, that particular razor could have just been an isolated bad apple. But for the price I paid I would have thought Dovo could have pulled out some better quality control.

None of the Wapis I bought were anything but good. I didn't buy that many of them though.

In terms of waaayyy overpriced, I'd like to nominate the Fillis. It is not their fault, they are good razors, but IMO there is/was a Filli bubble.

James.