Thread: New Fili DT14 Shave

Yesterday I honed my new Filarmonica Doble Temple 14. Like my 12, it was a bear to set the bevel. Could just be me, but it took 8 sets of heavy circles before they could shave arm hair. But I digress.

I shaved yesterday morning with the Doble Temple 12, and this morning with the Doble Temple 14. I learned two things.

First - Filarmonicas are well deserving of their reputation. If all I had in my rotation were these two razors I would be a happy man. The shave is exceptional, and yesterday's shave finally gave up the ghost after 15 hours - pretty darn good for me.

Second - The Doble Temple 14 is about as wide a blade as I want or need. The areas under my jawline grow sideways towards my Adam's apple. Even using a pretty steep scythe, I could barely get the area as close as a 6/8. I am sure I will with time and practice, but that will be the end of my 8/8 and larger pursuits. So all of those bidding on W&B For Barber's Use meatchoppers have one less person to compete against.

On the other hand, I will be in pursuit of Filis.

Thank you Obie for the inspiration.

David

Originally Posted by Alembic

Yesterday I honed my new Filarmonica Doble Temple 14. Like my 12, it was a bear to set the bevel. Could just be me, but it took 8 sets of heavy circles before they could shave arm hair. But I digress.

I shaved yesterday morning with the Doble Temple 12, and this morning with the Doble Temple 14. I learned two things.

First - Filarmonicas are well deserving of their reputation. If all I had in my rotation were these two razors I would be a happy man. The shave is exceptional, and yesterday's shave finally gave up the ghost after 15 hours - pretty darn good for me.

Second - The Doble Temple 14 is about as wide a blade as I want or need. The areas under my jawline grow sideways towards my Adam's apple. Even using a pretty steep scythe, I could barely get the area as close as a 6/8. I am sure I will with time and practice, but that will be the end of my 8/8 and larger pursuits. So all of those bidding on W&B For Barber's Use meatchoppers have one less person to compete against.

On the other hand, I will be in pursuit of Filis.

Thank you Obie for the inspiration.

David

Hi David,
They are fantastic shavers indeed. I have a DT13 and 2x DT14 and love them all. I agree with you though. The 14 is about as big as I would ever want to go...it gets a little bit of getting used to and it has a lot of flex 9to me)...I found 6/8" to 7/8" to be my sweet spot.

I never had to set bevel on my Filis (as they came shave ready) but I do occasionally refresh the edge using my Y/G Escher...Amazing results. Once there, they're there.

Have fun hunting these down...there's an eBay seller (tomawa something or other) that seems to have an inexhaustible supply of these things...of course, with the heavy price tags too.

Everyone else: Hide your Fillis guys...David is on the prowl

I've not tried a fili, though they sure get alot of rave reviews. If a 14 has alot of flex, I prob wouldn't like it. Do they make heavier grinds also?