Thread: Favorite razor in rotation

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

I hate to be a "razor whore"...

-1. I love being a razor whore.

I called it quits with a Rolls, two DE's and eight straights in regular use. I had to think this over for a bit. If it's in regular use it got there on performance, not price. The Rolls was free and it shaves me as well as the best. I just gave away one of my favorite straights; it cost $20 plus a professional honing. Most of the rest were well under 100 clams and they all charm me through every shave. The DE's? Easy - the more costly Gillette Slim is the best except when I use the less costly Merk 1904. In both cases with the safety razors I'd say my favorite edge is, coincidentally, one of the least costly per/100 count blades.

I cannot correlate cost and favoriteness.

I couldn't possibly pick one favorite amongst the herd. I have some that I don't care a whit about, but others that are favorites. Even if I rarely get around to them.

Favorite - Filarmonica 8/8 #14 - have used it once a week for years and have never had to take it to a hone
Most expensive - Bartman 6/8 High Class - mint in box - the only razor I have that I will never shave with

My favorite is not my most valuable. It's a Red Dot Razor that just shaves perfectly.

Every day it changes to the one I use that day

My favorite(s) are twins...........

None of my razors is particularly valuable. I have a Boker SS St. Louis and a 9/16" Genco Grant. Both of them restored and honed by me. Both are wonderful razors, but the Genco takes top spot. I love the smaller size, and I get a finer edge on it with less time than the Boker, and the little monster stays wicked sharp. Love it.

AntiqueHoosier: staggeringly beautiful....a small treasure chest. Thanks for the pic again....I'll never tire of looking at them.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...lection-3.html Not sure if these are the same razors as yours, post 27, by Thaeris, but the sun coming through the scales.....one of the most beautiful pics on the site.

My favorite is by far my least expensive. I found her in a toolbox of all things at a local flea market. Asked the guy what he wanted for it - he said "I'd like $8, but will take $6." A new set of homemade scales, sandpaper to remove some age and a set of hones later - she might be worth only a little more than $6, but certainly the one I skip to in my rotation when I am looking for a special shave.

** Joseph Elliott's Best Silver Steel, 6/8 The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor FBU **

Tough question..do I really have to pick just one?? I'd have to say lately my kenny Powell custom after tuning her up on the hones she is truly a great shaver