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    The last few shaves has been my new Hart.

    Before that, a nice Helje that I bought off of a forum member.

    A Festonne and Dovo 55 before those.

    My collection has bloomed to 20 or so razors...so I revisit my "favorite" every few days.

    I have a Red Imp that i'll get on the hones soon, and that will probably be my next favorite.

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    Blademen,

    That is a tough one to answer as others have said !

    I have a real soft spot for my Genco Fluid Steel, my 'tatty Puma', and my Dovo Best (a real workhorse).

    Have fun !

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    My favorite is a mint condition cast steel blade from the 1700s. I don't have one unfortunately, but if I did I'm sure it would be my favorite.

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    E.Decker Master Barber, 4/8, would keep an edge through an atomic blast and glides through hair, then my 6/8 crown and sword, a nice big hollow ground when I feel like a big piece of steel against my face.

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    I cant answer that..!

    I love them all, really I do, and its the variety between them that keeps this all interesting to me.

    Its the same with my stones. Someone asked the other day about what set to get, and I was like "Shapton... No, Naniwa.... No, wait, Shapton..." And then theres all the finishers...

    Too many razors, too many hones, not enough time or money!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Theseus View Post
    My favorite razor is usually whatever on I use on any given day.
    Yep, that seems to be the case for me. I've only got 7 shave-ready razors, so I'm guaranteed to use each one every week. I like having the variety without having to figure out which razor to use. Monday? 6/8 Wosty pipe for L. Herder. Friday? 5/8 Anchor in really cool yellow and black mottled celluloid scales.

    But I've got a 6/8 Sprock in ivory that I'm sending off to gssixgun for a vintage restore. Trouble on the way . . .
    "If you ever get the pipes in good chune, your troubles have just begun."--Seamus Ennis

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    My favorite razor is not my best shaver. I like it and will never part with it because it was a gift. Passed from my stepfather to me and he got it from his grandfather. It's a simple black scaled Henry Sears and Son's 5/8 spike point. It has very little hone wear but blade is stained and not the best looking razor I own. I have thought about polishing it up, but there is no rust and I like it the way it is. I have several razors that are great shavers and look ten times better than the Sears but it's still my favorite.

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    Default What's your favorire straight razor?

    Gentlemen:

    In the idiosyncratic world of the straight razor, the word "favorite" proves inadequate. Some of our members here have several hundred straight razors out of which a favorite, I am sure, is difficult to choose. And on what day of the week? With my modest collection of 25 razors I find the choice impossible to make. What razor is my favorite I don't know.

    That's why in these circumstances I prefer to use the word "prefer" over "favorite," because it proves more legitimate in conveying my feeling toward my razors. Which ones I "prefer" suits me better.

    Four Wackers, two of which are the wedge set, are glorious in every way, from the way they sit in my hands to the way they shave. I feel the same about the three Le Grelots, one a 1/4 hollow, and would never choose one over the others. My Filarmoncia 13 is lovely — and a part of me.

    And before I forget, I have a 4/8" Wostenholm Spanish point that I consider priceless. It's the one I use for travel. Is it my "favorite" razor? No, of course not. Rather, it is one of my preferred razors. So is the 5/8" Revisor Gold with plastic scales and beautiful blade etching. Also a simple 5/8" Boker King Cutter with plastic scales — it's a sweet shaver and one of the preferred.

    I prefer these over two new 6/8" Revisors, a beautiful Thiers-Issard "Dos Festonne," several 5/8" Thiers-Issards with fancy scales, a Dubl Duck "Pearlduck" and an assortment of other modern and vintage razors. Oh, sure, they are good shavers, but not my preferred razors.

    So there you have it, gentlemen: I don't have a "favorite" razor, but I prefer some over the others.

    Regards,

    Obie

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    Default How About Top Five?

    My top five:
    5/8 Westenholm "Original Pipe Razor"
    6/8 Thiers-Issard Le Grolet
    6/8 Hart Steel
    5/8 Dovo Black Micarta
    6/8 Heljestrand No. 6

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    If someone put a gun to my head and made me choose, I'd choose the 13/16ths Friodurs. I have much more expensive or nicer looking razors, but it is just very difficult to beat a vintage Friodur.

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