Thread: Pour Homme Straight Razor

Hi all,

I was doing a bit of digging around http://usa.zwilling.com/ looking for a bit of history on razors, not that I could find any on the U.S. site. But I came across this, It does not tell you much about the razor or what width etc, but I was just wondering if it would be the same quality steel that they used to be? If they are perhaps they could be rescaled with something decent, and we could have a good razor? Just my thinking aloud, perhaps I'm way off track

John

I have one, and I am very happy with it. It's a 5/8, and it shaves magnificently.

Originally Posted by JerseyLawyer

I have one, and I am very happy with it. It's a 5/8, and it shaves magnificently.

Keith,
That's very interesting, if they produce that I wonder why they do not have a complete range of them, and give the other two manufacturers a run for their money.

John

Originally Posted by johnmw1

Keith,
That's very interesting, if they produce that I wonder why they do not have a complete range of them, and give the other two manufacturers a run for their money.

John

Probably because they can use the space better making kitchen knives, of which they sell many more.

For some reason I am under impression that we found these are made under contract by Dovo now, and that the old Henckels razor machinery is gone (?) anyone remember for sure?
Still, they seem to be nice razors, from what I hear.
John P.

I've got one in 6/8 and love it. It's every bit as good a shaver as my other Friodurs, and I think it's a bit harder than the old friodurs. If it's made by Dovo it's made to better specs than their normal stuff.

I've got the Henckels Friodur 5/8, the razor is about 25 years, from what I can see it is more or less exactly the same razor. Tell you what It shave like a dream

Norm.

For that sort of price at $149, and a nice rescale, that could be one decent looking razor.

I must stop this obsession. Whats wrong with me.

John

Originally Posted by mparker762

I've got one in 6/8 and love it. It's every bit as good a shaver as my other Friodurs, and I think it's a bit harder than the old friodurs. If it's made by Dovo it's made to better specs than their normal stuff.

That's good news....
Will keep my eye open for them now, although they are at the moment out of my price range.
John P.

Originally Posted by johnmw1

For that sort of price at $149, and a nice rescale, that could be one decent looking razor.

John

Just send me the old scales, when you remove them, I quite like the red twins on them...

Nenad