Thread: Favorite razor in rotation

Originally Posted by mrsell63

The word "favorite" often excites the imagination. Today my favorite is these three. Sweet shavers........

All three are great looking razors. What is the top one with the red and gold inlay....really beautiful blade.

All three are REVISORS. None of them are unique. I have seen duplicates of all three. I find Revisors are easy to hone and a joy to shave with.

Originally Posted by mrsell63

All three are REVISORS. None of them are unique. I have seen duplicates of all three. I find Revisors are easy to hone and a joy to shave with.

I've always liked the Revisors, myself and OCDShaver, so it doesn't surprise me then that those very nice blades are Revisors. I have a Revisor 8/8, maybe it's time to get another one, and while I'm at it a Whacker.

Thanks!

In honesty I have much more than one favorite, but if I had to pick one that would have to include sentimental reasons in addition to the mere shaving qualities of it.

The one in question is my very first Filarmonica Especial Para Barbas Duras #14.
It was mine for $405, and many thought that insane back then.
Investment wise, I reckon I'm the one who has the last laugh now

But to answer the op's question, no, not even close.
It is very far from the razor I paid the most for.

This one would be my favourite an early Filarmonica 14 Especial 8/8 I use the razor almost every week and I can't remember the last time I honed the razor and it always delivers a super smooth shave.

Tough choice for me.

I don't have a lot of razors but the razors I have are nice and all shave well.

The most recent is probably the one I've been using most. I got it for £7. It's a nice Joseph Rodgers wedge with a slight smile. There is no jimping, and the razor holds a fantastic edge. I have no idea why the edge is so good but it passes the HHT with my hair at over 1" from the fingertips. Most other razors need to be within the 1/2" range to pass. You can't actually feel it shave, And it only needs the very lightest of stokes to work.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

This one would be my favourite an early Filarmonica 14 Especial 8/8 I use the razor almost every week and I can't remember the last time I honed the razor and it always delivers a super smooth shave.

WOW! Very nice!

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

This one would be my favourite an early Filarmonica 14 Especial 8/8 I use the razor almost every week and I can't remember the last time I honed the razor and it always delivers a super smooth shave.

What a beauty!

This one is so esthetically pleasing, it should appeal even to non-shavers.

Without a doubt my favorite at the moment is this recent antique store find. An Emil Voos Black King. Ive searched but really can't find out too much about this maker nor have I seen another like it. I assume the scales are ivory but I'm not 100% positive. I've only been SR shaving for a few months now and until recently I was only able to shave about 70% with a SR and finished with a DE. I think I did a pretty good job of honing it as I've achieved to 3 bbs shaves with it in the past week without slicing my chin up.

Favorite is a Juan Vollmer Palmera 14. It's no longer a true 14 though. Took a good bit of work with the greaseless compounds to restore it, and it lost 1-2mm width in the process. Before restoring, it was one of the best shavers I've ever had. But something happened during restoration - something downright magical...

Not sure if it was loss of width combined with a little loss of thickness (it's a true, 100% hollow-ground now), or what - but the shaves are beyond amazing now. And it holds an edge like no other razor I've had.

As for my most monetarily valuable razor - a 14 Las Cruces (3 Crosses) by Johann Breidohr.