I keep hearing devo or henckle but there are so many other like t.I.,boker.:hmmm: The hollow blades suppose to be the best shaving blades,is that right?Thank you.
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I keep hearing devo or henckle but there are so many other like t.I.,boker.:hmmm: The hollow blades suppose to be the best shaving blades,is that right?Thank you.
Wow ---Thank you guys that really helped:idea:
The one you get the most comfortable shave from! Not being sarcastic. Each razor shaves different on each face and beard type.
Boker. End of thread, next question
Does it have to be a big name? If no, than Gold Bug, A. Witte.
I simply love Sheffield blades - the way they feel and the shave they give. Having said that I love my vintage Spartacus, too.
It is all personal preference, my friend - that's why we have RAD - to test hem ALL out.
I have a WH Morley that pretty much beats everything else I have, only issue is it doesn't hold an edge as long as some of the others.
Aahh, The riddle of steel.
Like asking, mr.owl how many licks to the center of a tootsie roll lollipop.
The world will never know.[emoji17]
Unfortunately there is no one size universal fits all "best" anything. You literally have to try a few examples to see what is the "best" for you personally.
That said, I would think any currently made modern full hollow from a reputable maker will shave just fine if you are looking at new. Whether they shave any better than the other grinds is a matter of personal preference mostly. A vintage full hollow in good condition is nothing to sneeze at either.
Bob
My unmarked 6/8 honed by hatzicho. Found in Sheffield.
I like Revisor...
I like Bokers
I like Wackers
I like razors that shave well. I like them all.
The Gold Dollar Presidential Line,,,,smoothest shaving razor ever made. :beer2:
The razor that you get the best shave from. I have five s/r's and i have not made my mind up on which one gives the best shave. I like them all. Just my 2 cents.
Or Kropp, Wostenholm, Bengall. I like the old ones.
Seriously is all personal preference. Am sure the reputable new ones also good. But I like my old fashioned hobby with old blades.
When you start to hone you'll have good idea which ones are good and which ones are not as good.
Another observation was the extra full hollow ground blades that ring tend to have harder steel and hone to a micro bevel in comparison to those that dont. JMO
Like taking candy from a baby easy question to ansere PUMA that just cane from being honed by Lin or GSsixgun.
Well it seems that the longest running producer is likely JA Henckels, so if there is a reason any one company would out produce all the others for 250 years, I'm going to say it is because they have the best quality.
I also give this little guy honorable mention.
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Hahahahahahaha open the flood gates
As a novice myself, the answer is in my opinion totally subjective. However, the best, irrespective of brand, would be one that is easy to hone and that gives a shave ready edge with the least amount of work.
I wonder if any of the current makers are capable of or are producing extra full hollow bellied blades? When straight razors were popular I would bet there were far more grinders with a long experience in their trade and so capable of producing better thinner blades on the whole. Oth the only new made blade I have, a Revisor, shaves as well as any vintage full hollow I have. So yes, it really is a YMMV thing.
Bob
yep ,I keep hearing henckle and dovo---both being the 6/8 with 3/4 hollow blade, the model in the devo being the BISMARK, CANNOT REMEMBER THE MODEL IN THE HENCKLE range:thinking:Thank you.
If you're talking about a full hollow with a horizontal stabiliser, then yes, they make those. Revisor and Aust for sure. I've never handled a new production Dovo or Böker, but I'm pretty sure they make them too.
If you're talking about an extremely hollow razor with a much more pronounced horizontal stabiliser, well, those were never very common to begin with. I think I've used one, and that one bordered on being ground too thin for comfort. I consider it a possibility that such grinding jobs were imperfect extra hollow/double hollow grinds (i.e. full hollow with a moderate horizontal stabiliser) rather than a specific grind of their own.
"Extra full hollow" sounds like a pleonasm, and probably is. Dovo still makes the Prima Klang, but even that one is thick compared to what they used to make in Solingen in the heyday. I have a few that are more like aluminium foil than razors, and they are fun to use. Brand names are meaningless, because I've not seen them around for years (e.g. Hermann Mehl).
Daniel Peres, founder of Solingen's arguably most interesting razor manufacture, made some that also sported extreme grinds. Last time I saw one in even decent state was a few years back, though.
I think it bears mentioning that hollow grinds are more difficult to achieve, and take longer to make, than standard grinds. They also take more skills. And those skills have died out along with the Solingen razor workforces.
It might sound like a " pleonasm" but there it is The straight razor - Straight Razor Place Library .
Bob
Thank you, Bob. I actually wrote more than 50% of that page, so, yes, the Henckels chart does look vaguely familiar. Here it is again:
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So, Bob, where exactly in this chart would one find an "extra full hollow" grind, I wonder?
While its impossible to pin "The Best" moniker to one particular brand/model for all users.
My favorite is a Carl Monkhouse CMON Blackie Ellicottville N.Y. Its ground so thinly when you shave or strop you can hear the blade pop and crinkle and your sure you folding the thing in half every time you use it. Its simply an amazing shaver.
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There are Top Flights that were made in the same Ellicottville factory that I feel are almost as thinly ground, and amazing.
Mind blowers
I too own a blade that sounds identical to what you have described.
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Its so thin that the bevel is almost micro in comparison to any of my other razors. Approximately 30
And here is one from the Wacker website. Revisor have some razors like this, too. Beyond that, the void.
Koraat full hollow bellied razor nothing comes close.
¡Si!
Well, hollow grinds tend to be a bit complicated with anything narrower than 6/8ths, but you know that.
Really? That's intriguing. Have you got any proof for that?
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Just for the record, this is not the most extreme hollow grind I have ever encountered. But the most consistent.
I believe I have a D Peres kicking around somewhere and iirc it is nicely hollow ground. Hard to believe it could be any more hollow ground than my Ewald Plumacher made Blue Wonder or a couple of other in my rotation.
https://sharprazorpalace.com/shave-d...ry-19th-3.html
Bob