Traded a matte Merkur Futur for a DLC Weber.
How much did you pay for your best shaving razor?
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$350 for a King Cobra with a stainless UFO handle. No regrets on this purchase, sold all my other razors accept for the Cobra Classic.
$30 for a Fine Slant
Merkur 1904 open comb - $30.75. The only way it could be better if it was made in brass or stainless.
Gillette Belmont - 50 Great British Pounds - about 75 US dollars.
(I've been really lucky with free stuff tho')
(I've been really lucky with free stuff tho')
$20 for a Detroit Grooming Classic Black. It's not picky about what blade I put in it, and it gives me smooth shaves.
A 1947 Aristocrat- perfect in box with gold blade holder. $69
Gold ball end tech n.d.c. 16.00 not the prettiest or even my favorite it just always shaves great..
ZERO. I got a 1948-50 Gillette Superspeed from a family friend in pristine condition. Put a Feather blade in it and WOW.
He and his wife were moving into an assisted living facility, and I spied a batch of vintage razors. He hardly used them because he used an electric shaver. I told his son that if they were going to throw them out or give them away, I would gladly take them.
He has since passed away, and I think of him fondly when I use it.
He and his wife were moving into an assisted living facility, and I spied a batch of vintage razors. He hardly used them because he used an electric shaver. I told his son that if they were going to throw them out or give them away, I would gladly take them.
He has since passed away, and I think of him fondly when I use it.
Hard to pick a best shaver but I give the nod to my Weber DLC with Bulldog handle. Paid $70 for it.
I already had a Weber handle so $40 for the Ikon Tech head ($80 all in).
To someone like me that keeps buying vintage razors, best shaving changes as (a) I keep getting more and (b) I rediscover razors I already have.
If you ask me today, my best shaver is a Schick Type E2 Injector with the head that opens that I paid less than $10 for on eBay.
Since this is a DE sub-forum, my best shaving DE is a Canadian Goodwill Special #175 on a fat Tech handle that I think I paid $15 for. I have every NEW and Goodwill, both types of Old Types, and a couple of rhodium English Aristocrats and I prefer this Goodwill to all of them.
If you ask me today, my best shaver is a Schick Type E2 Injector with the head that opens that I paid less than $10 for on eBay.
Since this is a DE sub-forum, my best shaving DE is a Canadian Goodwill Special #175 on a fat Tech handle that I think I paid $15 for. I have every NEW and Goodwill, both types of Old Types, and a couple of rhodium English Aristocrats and I prefer this Goodwill to all of them.
My smoothest shave is from my Yingjili I paid $1.80 for. My best shaver apart from that is either my S&S Precision ($13), or my post war Gold Tech ($1 at a flea market).
My best razor cost $11.00 while my most worst razor cost me $152.00 !! Some of these high dollar razors really disappoint.
5$ for my NOS Rotbart Mond Extra #15 which gives me as good shaves as the best of the many others I own between 0 and 200$. It is my only razor that gives me perfect shaves with any blades you will use. I barely use this razor at home because it is not the nicest, but I have it often with me on vacation traveling. I hope someday someone will make a perfect stainless steel copy of it and then I will be the first buying it.
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