Best Modern Open Comb
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That razor is a feisty little paisano! Love it! But then I don’t get to shave for 2 days.
+1! I don’t think there is really a ‘best’ anything! What’s best for me may or may not work for you.
That said, I suggest Wolfman for ‘money is no object’ or FaTip for a ‘budget’ option.
I have the ATT m2, much milder than the s2. However, as I shave every day, it is fantastic. I can almost get away with one pass. Very comfortable.
+1 to @Hannah's Dad and @BigJ - "Best" is a relative term.
Price range is also very relevant - if your budget is $50, it does no good to recommend a $200 razor.
I agree. Shavers can only gives an opinion on the razors they have tried. It's then up to someone to decide, based on the experience of others.+1 to @Hannah's Dad and @BigJ - "Best" is a relative term.
Price range is also very relevant - if your budget is $50, it does no good to recommend a $200 razor.
For a budget of all budgets option the RR Old type is a very nice smooth comfortable razor.
Tamer than a Gillette Old and not as tame as a Tech.
Tamer than a Gillette Old and not as tame as a Tech.
Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
Recent posts - YMMV, it's all subjective, all about money, etc. - could too easily derail a really fun thread.
These are facts. Fatip makes the best modern open comb razors. The Fatip Open Comb Slant pictured above is the best of them all.
The handle is the right size (not too skinny like the Piccolo), but that's just how I see handles, and a guy could put a Piccolo handle on the slant if he wanted to. The main thing is somehow Fatip managed to design and build a razor which is both very comfortable to shave with and remarkably efficient. I've been using it daily for a while. Every shave with the Fatip OC Slant has been stellar.
The FOCS is the first and only razor to have me thinking of selling all my other razors.
Thinking...not selling just yet.
It's that good.
Happy shaves,
Jim
Another vote for the Above The Tie razor.
Quite a few options as you can see them listed here. However, My preference is the Blackbird OC
Agreed. I like my M2/R2/H2. I only break out the H2 when I have mountain man stubble. The H2 makes the Muhle R41 feel like an overly mild Merkur 15C by comparison. I can shave daily with the H2, but there is a lot of blade feel, so daily shaves require a smooth blade like an Astra SP, IMO.
I nominate the Fatip Grande for honorable mention - almost as good as ATT for a lot less money. It's all brass, but mine has a poor quality plating job.
I can only comment on the ones I have. I don't have many. I have a RazoRock Game Changer 0.84 and a Schone Open Comb. I also have a RazoRock Old Type which I find to be very mild, almost too mild. It's great for back to back shaves two or more days in a row. But for the past few years I've been shaving once every 3 or 4 days so the other two have been my go to razors along with a vintage Gillette New Deluxe on an Ikon Bulldog handle. Open comb. The only way to go.
Timeless -very smooth be it the SS or Ti. No experience with bronze.
M
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(my opinion is from what I´ve read)
(my opinion is from what I´ve read)
Without question, Fatip! And that razor would be the Fatip Lo Storto Originale (open comb slant):
Of course that's MY answer to your question.
Folk with different whiskers, skin, face shape, etc, etc, may have contrasting views.
ATT S2 is my favorite modern open comb but I like several vintage opens combs just as much like several of the 30's Gillette's.
Without a doubt, Fatip! The new Fatip Lo Storto (slant) OC may be their very best. I've used it for about a month and a half now, and I can't put it down.
Because it leaves your skin sensitive or the shave is close enough to last for 2 days?
Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
Without a doubt, Fatip! The new Fatip Lo Storto (slant) OC may be their very best. I've used it for about a month and a half now, and I can't put it down.
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You and me both.
Since we don't have a price range, I'll wing it.
Offering recommendations for razors that I own and have used that cost less than ~$100:
Fatip Lo Sorto Originale Slant.
Fatip Grande V2
Schöne
Karve Brass OC-B & OC-C
Ikon B1 OC
RazoRock GC .84-OC
There are others plus razors that cost more than the arbitrary ~$100 mark I used.
YMMV
Offering recommendations for razors that I own and have used that cost less than ~$100:
Fatip Lo Sorto Originale Slant.
Fatip Grande V2
Schöne
Karve Brass OC-B & OC-C
Ikon B1 OC
RazoRock GC .84-OC
There are others plus razors that cost more than the arbitrary ~$100 mark I used.
YMMV
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