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Which one or two of your favorite razors requires the least attention and still gives a great shave. My favorites have always been the Gottlieb and Hammesfar, but recently I have discovered the Kama Brand which gives a great shave with a few swipes on the strop, and I mean very few it just never seems to need anything else and I've been shaving with it almost every day for about three weeks now. Anyone else?
That is a good question, and I really haven't thought much about it.
I would have to say my Wm. Gilchrist Jersey City faux frameback. Just like a Timex and keeps ticking along and feels like it did when I got it back from Glen many moons ago! I always give it 20 and 40 before and after like I do with all of my razors. Never has needed anything more.
Will N.
My Livi Takeda is one of my best from a results/maintenance point of view.
I'd have to say my Filarmonica EPBD 14...holds an edge forever. Then of course my Ern Ator :)
I have a couple Robert Williams and they seem to go on forever giving surperb shaves without need so much as a touchup.
I have a vintage Bismark that holds an edge longer than any other razor I have owned.
One that fits that description is the latest TI silverwing. The one with the barber notch point. I usually rotate through many razors to where it is hard to remember which got what treatment but I like the blade profile, balance, and what have you on that TI so much , that I shave with it frequently, and it hasn't needed anything besides normal stropping.
Dubl Ducks are still my tops for ease of everything, from Honing, to Maintenance, to Shaves... as a "Brand" I just haven't found any others that are that consistent...
(Other than their scales which I love to hate)
Close seconds:
NY brands (Case, Thistle, Kinfolks, Cattaruagus, Genco/Geneva G.Korn)
Fillarmonica
C-MON
Quality Kamisori
Henckles (vintage)
Kama
First: My Mastro Livis
Second: Dubl Duck / Josh Earl custom (tied)
I have to concur with the NY razors, good stuff. I do have a couple customs made out of 1095, but didn't figure they really counted...