Thread: Are More Expensive Razors That Much Better?

Originally Posted by cflaageriv

As of this writing, I am still ahead of the game (that is, if taken into account the price of Gillette Sensor Excels at $2 a pice). I really lucked out, buying a box of razors from an antique store, sold a couple, and they paid for the bunch and then some. So far, all I am in it for is $42 for a strop, as included in the box of razors was a two sided barber's hone. Just don't tell the Misses about the $45 I spent on this site for a sweet little 5/8 Army/Navy razor!

My break-even point is October, 2112.

Originally Posted by PensacolaTiger

My break-even point is October, 2112.

There may be a song but
I suspect we will "see you in September"
when you start shopping again.....

I wonder if your uneven bevel was original from the factory? If that's the case, I'm wondering if you just shouldn't send it out to a honemeister and have it fixed once and for all. I bought a razor (no name is apparent) new about 15 years ago. It came without being honed. I put the bevel on it and since that one time over a year ago, it still shaves like a bugger (meaning good)! I'm almost afraid when it come sup again for a new bevel setting, I'm afraid I may ruin it.

IMO yes, they are better in many ways not the least of which is that they are supporting a growing industry and helping raise the profile of straight razors and traditional shaving across the world. You are not just buying a piece of steel with a handle attached when you buy a non-factory straight, you are buying a philosophy.

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

IMO yes, they are better in many ways not the least of which is that they are supporting a growing industry and helping raise the profile of straight razors and traditional shaving across the world. You are not just buying a piece of steel with a handle attached when you buy a non-factory straight, you are buying a philosophy.

James.

Precisely, just like a car is not just a way to get to work, a jacket is not just a way to stay warm,
and a resume' is not just a piece of paper with some writing on it.

Originally Posted by ace

Precisely, just like a car is not just a way to get to work, a jacket is not just a way to stay warm,
and a resume' is not just a piece of paper with some writing on it.

and a canning room is not just a place for preserving vegetables.

why do i have a feeling that one was directed towards me hnsb lol

my 100 year old Gustaffson shaved like a Mach3.

Originally Posted by HNSB

and a canning room is not just a place for preserving vegetables.

Right! Let us not forget the noble fruit.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

IMO yes, they are better in many ways not the least of which is that they are supporting a growing industry and helping raise the profile of straight razors and traditional shaving across the world. You are not just buying a piece of steel with a handle attached when you buy a non-factory straight, you are buying a philosophy.

That's actually an internal rationalization/justification. It doesn't answer the OP's original question regarding performance, and the fact still remains that a $100 razor will shave whiskers just as well as a $1000 razor. Everything else in that regard, while pleasingly aesthetic, is superfluous.