Gentlemen
I've been looking at some of the new razors and I've got to scratch my head in wonderment at some of the prices I'm encountering.
Now before I go any further, let me say that in the past, I have spent a lot of money on individual razors. But they were older Gillettes, Apollos, Leresche, Gibbs etc. They had rarity and to me, gravitas. I had a Tulip handled Gillette in the French Ivory case which was over 100 years old in wonderful condition. At one point I had over 250 razors. I sold them off on eBay, here and on other various shaving sites.
I'm now down to 30 razors, some more expensive than others. My Tatara Masamune OC is probably my most expensive razor with a few ATTs, Charcoal Goods and Timeless in there as well. The razor I have that's worth the most is my Tradere 00010.
My main direction to this thread is considering how sharp todays blades are and how much better razor manufacturing is where do you draw the line at expense?
I understand there will always be those who have to have the best (in this case most expensive). But are they the best? That is what becomes so personal. I recently purchased a Henson AL, it has turned out to be an amazing razor even though I generally don't care for aluminum. I'm seriously considering their Ti version as it's not priced too terribly.
But I get terrific shaves from my Karves, my Jagger 89, my Futur, a couple of my old Gillette News etc. All much less expensive than some of the high end razors I see. So I have found out for myself that it doesn't matter how much a razor costs but rather how effective is my technique.
I generally get very smooth shave by going WTG, ATG with a bit of touch up and buffing.
My Razorocks, Rockwells and Yates all give me excellent shaves at a decent price point. They are ALL "lifetime" razors. So why would anyone spend $600 on an H&S copper razor? Or their Ti razors. Hell, Feather has SS razors that cost damn near $700 Cdn. Seriously, these razors aren't going to do a single pass shave for anyone. So what are you spending all that extra money on? Less irritation? Smoothness? What? They're made out of "Unobtainium"? There's lots of razors that shave without irritation etc that don't even cost $100.
Now I can afford to buy these razors but for what? Telling someone I have expensive razors? No one really cares.
I also get that a lot of people want to try the newest and supposedly greatest. Ok, but I also see a lot of guys selling this stuff on B&B, eBay etc.
So my question to you guys is "Where do you draw the line"?
I've been looking at some of the new razors and I've got to scratch my head in wonderment at some of the prices I'm encountering.
Now before I go any further, let me say that in the past, I have spent a lot of money on individual razors. But they were older Gillettes, Apollos, Leresche, Gibbs etc. They had rarity and to me, gravitas. I had a Tulip handled Gillette in the French Ivory case which was over 100 years old in wonderful condition. At one point I had over 250 razors. I sold them off on eBay, here and on other various shaving sites.
I'm now down to 30 razors, some more expensive than others. My Tatara Masamune OC is probably my most expensive razor with a few ATTs, Charcoal Goods and Timeless in there as well. The razor I have that's worth the most is my Tradere 00010.
My main direction to this thread is considering how sharp todays blades are and how much better razor manufacturing is where do you draw the line at expense?
I understand there will always be those who have to have the best (in this case most expensive). But are they the best? That is what becomes so personal. I recently purchased a Henson AL, it has turned out to be an amazing razor even though I generally don't care for aluminum. I'm seriously considering their Ti version as it's not priced too terribly.
But I get terrific shaves from my Karves, my Jagger 89, my Futur, a couple of my old Gillette News etc. All much less expensive than some of the high end razors I see. So I have found out for myself that it doesn't matter how much a razor costs but rather how effective is my technique.
I generally get very smooth shave by going WTG, ATG with a bit of touch up and buffing.
My Razorocks, Rockwells and Yates all give me excellent shaves at a decent price point. They are ALL "lifetime" razors. So why would anyone spend $600 on an H&S copper razor? Or their Ti razors. Hell, Feather has SS razors that cost damn near $700 Cdn. Seriously, these razors aren't going to do a single pass shave for anyone. So what are you spending all that extra money on? Less irritation? Smoothness? What? They're made out of "Unobtainium"? There's lots of razors that shave without irritation etc that don't even cost $100.
Now I can afford to buy these razors but for what? Telling someone I have expensive razors? No one really cares.
I also get that a lot of people want to try the newest and supposedly greatest. Ok, but I also see a lot of guys selling this stuff on B&B, eBay etc.
So my question to you guys is "Where do you draw the line"?