Thread: Razor Review; Ralf Aust 6/8

I just got mine too . Holy smokes, it looks better than the SRD pics. I just shaved with it and this one is a winner. One of my best razors overall, if not the best, looks and performance and everything considered (my DD Wonderedge shaves just as good, but the scales have to be closed carefully).

OK, some more thoughts on the Ralf Aust (6/8, round tip, horn scales): the horn scales are very well done, and look good. The blade is shoulderless, which is a nice feature to me, as I strop a bit faster with shoulderless models. The blade also has a distinct sound to it, it "sings" more than my other razors (much more than the Prima Klang, which I sadly don't get much sound from). I also like that the steel has been stamped with the manufacturer name, so not just etchings. Finally, this one shaves like a dream

Now that you have moved up from a 5/8" Aust to a 6/8", why stop there?

I have an Aust 7/8" French point with horn scales.

It is a lot of fun playing with the big boys!

The thread has moved, but not sure about the OP I only have one Ralf Aust (the new one), but that is one hell of a razor.

I like 5/8 and 6/8 in general, but how do you like the 7/8? I was also thinking about the French point, but I generally find round points very manageable.

I would say my favorite is probably 13/16", Thus, I like both 6/8 and 7/8 very much. A 8/8 might be a little too big. I have a couple of vintage 5/8", but find that they are too light for me, even though one of them is a superb shaver. If you like a 6/8 better than a 5/8, then you will probably like a 7/8. If you like the 5/8 better than a 6/8, then you might not like the 7/8. I would not recommend a 7/8 for a noob, but after you have a few months of straight shaves, most people could handle a 7/8 without issue.

I have razors in a variety of point styles. My favorite is a Spanish point, followed by a French point. I do not have trouble shaving with any of them, even my Wostenholm that has a slight spike point. You just need to remember where the point is all the time, but that applies to a round point as well. Wacker has a French point that is very pronounced. I believe they call it an oblique point. I preferred the more subtle French point on the Ralf Aust.

Ralf Aust is indeed the best production razor out there. The 6/8 in grenadille is known (I think) as an American point. I have only seen it available directly from Herr Aust

I think I just fell in love. I've been stalking the buy sell trade forums here and everywhere else as well as browsing over a hundred pages on eBay looking for a vintage razor to start with untill I figure out what I want.

I'm done. I have several razors on my wish list at SRD and the RA Palisader 6/8. square is one of them. I was looking through the 5 or so razors I have on that list at SRD a bit ago and the looks and price of the Palisader caused me to give it some extra attention. That's how I ended up on this thread. That video sealed the deal for me. I'm skipping the vintage bigger razor and jumping in with both feet on that one. It's I guess you can say she's singing to me, promising to smoothly caress my face and make my forget how much I hate shaving.

@Lynn can I order the Palisader as it is in the video? Or do I need to order from Ralf directly?

https://youtu.be/Z6L_aec4voo


EDIT: I'm trying to tag Lynn but maybe I don't know how. I'm used to just preceeding a member tag with @.