Favorite Razor Poll

Every so often, someone will call for a poll of "what is your favorite razor" or best razor etc. I will invariably post that my favorite razors are

Revisor
Puma
Filarmonica.

After 45 years of str8 shaving, I now have to narrow that choice down to one brand of razor.

Definitely PUMA. I just got finished honing a Puma 75 and got THEEEEEE best shave of my life.

I did the standard 4k/8k/12k/Suita/Nakayama/Escher/English Bridle progression and WOW!! Absolutely like butter smooth............

I wish everyone could experience either on purpose or by accident the shave I just had moments ago.

Unbelievably butter smooth is the only way to describe it.


Next razor poll, you can expect a one-word answer from this corner.......... Jerry

I don't have a great breadth of experience, but I have managed to collect a nice variety of about 25 razors. There are many that give a really satisfying shave, but I would have to say that my absolute favorite is my Kropp 6/8 round. Not only is it a wonderful shaver, its nice thick shank and course-cut jimps make it a real pleasure to strop, too.

My WBs are my favorites

Palmera
Puma
Dorko / THIS WEEK:)

My Mappin & Webb razors are right up there :tu

My favorite is the one my grandma gave me. It's a Seikirazor, Japanese western Extra hollow ground.
My best shaver is the one somebody else sharpened. Larry Andro
My favorite to look at is a For Barber's Use Sheffield 9/8...I don't even plan on honing it. lol.

But, someday I hope I can narrow it down too. I'd like to have one razor to rule them all...but not yet. Congrats Jerry!

Factory = C.V. Heljestrand

Custom= Robert Williams tied with Mastro Livi

A Witte gold bug

dont have many...but of the ones i do...my new dovo forestal wins by far :)

I'm a Puma guy too. Found my holy grail twice over recently!!

The razor that gives me the most pleasure is my John Barber, it's not my best shaver, but it is my favorite. I like to try and imagine the people it shaved in it's 180+ years and the conditions that they shaved under.

I have a J. Wostenholm EBRO that is covered in tarnish and devil spit, has horrible hone wear, has a double warp to the blade and has a set of scales that don't fit the razor right at all. It also shaves better than any other razor I have ever used.

Of the few that I've used, my current favorite is a Norvell-Shapleigh Snap No. 35 that I found in a junk store a few weeks ago. Despite being a rote beginner when it comes to honing, I was able to put a really nice edge on it and it is easily my best shaver.

I don't have any one favorite. I like different razors for different reasons. I like ducks because I collect them and some Livi's are great lookers but really when it comes to shaving if any razor gives me a great shave it's my favorite that day.

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Originally Posted by thebigspendur

. . . . . when it comes to shaving if any razor gives me a great shave it's my favorite that day.

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Amen. Each time I get a good shave from one of my razors I think, "Hey, this is probably my favorite." I have so many "favorites" that I gave up that way of thinking about it.

Fried Dennert (solingen)
Puma

Though I haven't met a razor yet that doesn't give me a good shave (i've not used anything that isn't vintage). From $10 to $110, or whatever my cost range has been, the thing I notice most about the expensive razors thus far is they're straighter and the grind is closer to perfect (which is nice when honing). That doesn't mean that some of my cheapies don't have great grinds, because a couple of them have fantastic grinds, but a couple aren't quite as straight with quite as good of a grind.

CMon for me without a doubt.

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Originally Posted by WJF

Amen. Each time I get a good shave from one of my razors I think, "Hey, this is probably my favorite." I have so many "favorites" that I gave up that way of thinking about it.

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Yeah, that's how it has become for me too.
So many great razors, only so much growth:)

Once I experience them ALL, I will cast my vote...

My Heljestrand MK 42 , it was the first razor i bought and it's still my best shaver and my favourite, the bengal comes in at a close second though.

My 8/8 H & J.W. King razor is KING in my lot. Next is 8/8 W&B, The Celebrated. Very well could change though. Wife just got me a 9/8 W&B, The Celebrated, for my birthday!!

I'm not done collecting razors yet, so I'm not sure what my most favorite is yet. It's a great journey so far, and I'm not even two months into this addictive obsession. :whipped:

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Originally Posted by EisenFaust

I'm a Puma guy too. Found my holy grail twice over recently!!

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EisenFaust, I just might change my vote to Puma as well - as soon as I try the fine specimen that you sold me! lol

Trud and Torrey

7/8 Super Kama
11/16 Carl Monkhouse
6/8 Jonathan Crooks Frameback

Im very glad to see that I'm still the only one whose favorite is the Gottlied & Hammesfhar, I now have six,trying to make a seven day set and they are all great,especially the newest one a 7/8 which will be going to glen soon for a new scaling,the only thing else that is as good for me is a Kama that I recently acquired also a 7/8,and a great shaver.