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The Norway/Sweden thing is purly a jest thing between two brothers though, haha, so nothing serious.I'd also like to throw in my 50 ore. Keep an eye out for razors from Eskilstuna. Yeah, I know the Norway/Sweden thing, but they make a superb razor. The steel tends to be quite hard which makes them take longer to get an edge, but they hold the edge well. Heljestrand is the more looked for brand, but I can't see much difference between any of the Eskilstuna manufacturers. I think I have razors from almost all of them.
The Rigarazors are good (I have two of them), but I would recommend holding off until you are sure using a straight is for you. They are also usually a wider blade 7/8 or 8/8 which I wouldn't recommend for learning with.
Vintage Solingen and Sheffield razors should be ok.
I would suggest starting with a 5/8 or 6/8 (15.5 - 19 mm wide). These are the easiest to control in my opinion.
Good luck.
But yeah, I won't be buying a straight from Rigarazors in the foreseeable future, I don't doubt that they are good, but the price is too much for what I want to spend right now, on a straight. The total price for one of those is about the total it would cost me to get two straights and equipment that I need, give or take. (one of the straights being vintage, of course)
I ended up buying the Sheffield I mentioned above, so I can use it as a beater. Figured it was better to jump the gun, instead of risking that somebody else got it. Price would be around the same that a vintage would cost from another site, exluding shipping and possible custom fees. So I considered it the better choice. After consulting with @JPO about it.
I know that Etsy has a seller from Sweden that often seems to have various Eskiltuna straights though.
Anyway, with that purchase I just need to get the rest of the equipment as well as buying a straight that I want to use as my daily shaver. Which will either be that American wedge one I mentioned, or an Ralf Aust. Really want to go that route, so I support that barber's business, since he has been very friendly and helpful. (Not to mention that he is the only shop that sells the Ralf Aust over here in Norway, the others sell Dovo, Thiers-Issard and Giesen & Forsthoff.)
Since from my impression, Ralf Aust is guaranteed good to go out the box? As I seem to recall that at least Dovo and Thiers-Issard seem to often require some sort of stone before use, often, in comparison?
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