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  1. 12-22-2011, 06:20 AM #1
    Grizzley1
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    Default Okay let's try a new question one that hasn't been asked

    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?
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  2. 12-22-2011, 01:10 PM #2
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    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.

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  3. 12-22-2011, 01:53 PM #3
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    My Livi Takeda is one of my best from a results/maintenance point of view.
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    I'd have to say my Filarmonica EPBD 14...holds an edge forever. Then of course my Ern Ator
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  5. 12-22-2011, 05:13 PM #5
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    I have a couple Robert Williams and they seem to go on forever giving surperb shaves without need so much as a touchup.
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    I have a vintage Bismark that holds an edge longer than any other razor I have owned.
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    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.
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  8. 12-22-2011, 05:48 PM #8
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    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
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    Quality Kamisori
    Henckles (vintage)
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  9. 12-22-2011, 07:50 PM #9
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    First: My Mastro Livis

    Second: Dubl Duck / Josh Earl custom (tied)
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  10. 12-22-2011, 10:27 PM #10
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    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...
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