New Hart Steel

Today I received my new Hart Steel 6/8, 1/4 ground, round point, jimped, polished finish, with cocobolo scales.

The workmanship is very nice; the one-piece cocobolo scales are beautiful. I especially like the allen head 'pin' which I can adjust to suit my preference with the included allen wrench.

As for my first shave with this new razor, all I can say is "WOW"!. I've been straight shaving for about 3 years and this was my best shave ever. Before this Hart Steel arrived, my favorites were:

1. Dovo Best Quality 6/8
   
2. Dovo Special 6/8
   
3. Boker Edelweiss 5/8
   
4. Boker Stainless 5/8
   
5. Fredrick Reynolds Sheffield wedge

This Hart goes to the head of the list. I've never had a razor wipe away my tough 3 day old beard as effortlessly as this Hart just did.

Highly recommended! (FWIW)

I hurt me to "like" this...CAUSE I AM TOTALLY JEALOUS! :cry:

What a great thing indeed... enjoy and congrats!

Congrats on the new razor, It's always good to hear others supporting an American made product.

I have the 7/8 square point, jimped, polished finish, with cocobolo scales. It is a huge beast!

They really are a nice razor, congrats.

I own that very razor and your right its an extremely fast cutter. I especially like the heft of the blade. and cocobolo scales are beautiful.
Enjoy your new baby mdwright :D

I've just recently gotten into straight razor shaving and I only have a Dovo special. However, I'm a big fan of "buying American" especially with new production. I was a little nervous about shelling out a the money for a Hart without reading some reviews. This one and others like it have made my decision. I'm thinking of a 6/8 quarter ground, round point. I haven't decided if I want the pearlex scales, but I may go with plain white.

Anyone have experience with the round point?

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Congrats! The Hart Steel razors are great shavers, I've had a similar one that recently had to move out to make room for a new family member, but a 7/8 square will probably fill the void in not too long.

As I am still relatively new, I find a round point less bloody. I shall use the round point until I get more expert in the art of the shave.

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Originally Posted by Moosiker

I hurt me to "like" this...CAUSE I AM TOTALLY JEALOUS! :cry:

What a great thing indeed... enjoy and congrats!

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Totally agree, because you can't get Hart steel razors in Germany at all:)! Congratulations too. Enjoy the shaves and please post pictures.

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Originally Posted by LeBois

As I am still relatively new, I find a round point less bloody. I shall use the round point until I get more expert in the art of the shave.

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I felt the same as you, but I have a square point 6/8" blade and is easy to use; the point doesn't catch the skin like you think it would...these are absolutely WONDERFUL razors.

I have a 7/8 round tip with a polished blade, jimps and Pearlex scales. It is a great shaver. It didn't come as shave ready as I like but after I honed it, I liked it a lot. I'm still a rookie at honing so I had to reset the bevel before I got it shave ready (I'm sure it just needed touched up if it was in the hands of someone that has more honing experience). The razor is still sharp after a few months of my original honing! All of my other razors are 6/8 so the Hart is big and noticeably heavy but I have no problem using it...