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    Quote Originally Posted by Haroldg48 View Post
    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.
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    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.
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    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
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    My favorite is not my most valuable. It's a Red Dot Razor that just shaves perfectly.
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    Every day it changes to the one I use that day
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    My favorite(s) are twins...........
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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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    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

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