Thread: What's good in SR?

Originally Posted by jeffegg2

The important answer is that there is no real relationship between cost and shaving ability.

A used $20 razor will shave just as good as a $1000.00 beauty as long as it is good steel, and has been honed properly.

Of course the $1000.00 shave should feel much better!! hehe.

Enjoy!...

Jeff is bang on here Seth, which answers your first question, I use a $10 Gotta I found in a secondhand tool store and it beats all my other razors hands down, hanging hair test no worries. As for the second question, a bit of patience and willingness to work out what you did wrong if it doesn't shave well and you'll get there. A technique that works for one person wont always work for another. Youtube it like a son of a gun to check the different ways of honing and stroping and mash your own style out of it Grasshopper

Go to the WIKI....you will find a list of recommended good blades,and a list of bad blades. I will only comment on Modern manufacturers here. As far as Dovo,Thiers Issard and Boker go,the basic blades are all fine blades.Good carbon steel and good workmanship. The more the ornamentation and higher grade materials,the higher the price but the shave is pretty much the same(good) . All are good shavers though(I only speak for carbon steel not stainless sorry).After that,you should always seek a good honemaster to put a shave ready edge on it.Never assume that a factory edge is shave ready unless you really know the maker well..........................................As far as honing goes.READ THE WIKI AND PM SOME REPUTABLE HONEMASTERS HERE FOR QUESTIONS.I just started honing and the best advice I can give to you is ,TAKE IT SLOW AND EASY AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT BEVELING FOR NOW. Yes it's skill like anything else,but anybody with a little patience and persistence can do this.Just don't get caught up in the technical sea of confusion for now.Remember this.....before there were fancy strops and pastes and treatments etc. all there was ,was a blade,a brush,a strop,a mug and soap and a small hone for touch up.This is a primitive art and you can either make it simple and efficient or as complex as you want to......Hope this helps and Merry Christmas

P.S. Unless you have someone with you to help,stay away from e-bay till you know what the lay of the land is.