Thread: Heavier Razor = Easier to Use???

Originally Posted by richmondesi

One of my very best razors is a 4/8 Puma. I like it so much I got another one. It shaves like a dream!

Had the recent pleasure to hone & shavetest one of these for a customer...
I wanted to keep it

Joed has the best explanation I can see here and he is exactly right. However, when you et into the W&B 8/8 you better be pretty steady and light touched, because they give great shaves but are much different in how they work.
Good Luck!

Originally Posted by mparker762

... mass and rigidity help compensate for a lack of technique, experience, and confidence...

Those with little razors often say that...



-Chief

Originally Posted by richmondesi

I think part of it has to do with the difficulty in grinding a full hollow without the proper equipment... plus it's hard to make them look as cool as the monsters that get cranked out by these artists.

Originally Posted by mparker762

AFAIK most of the Livi's are full hollow, or I should say that I've seen very few that weren't. But you see relatively few from the other makers though they do make them. I think it's partly a style thing, and partly the extra difficulty in making them, and partly the mass=value conception.

+1 to both of these! Livi does full hollows, but there are not many others who do them often. Maybe it is a choice on the side of the customer, (I think that mass=value is an important point), but it could be that heavier grinds are simpler do to.