The one thing about vintage razors is that you have to know how to get them shave ready & possibly deal with defects (cracks). As an experienced shave it's not a problem for me, but a newbie? Go the cheap Gold Dollar & see if it works for you, learn to strop & hone, THEN go looking for vintage razors. The exception would be if you buy the vintage from a reputable dealer who has full restored it, but that won't be cheap. I don't believe the steel in the olden days was special and I believe material science improves with time. I therefore believe I'm going to get a better quality modern blade, just without the character. I'll add the character myself and will be able to pass it onto my son. :D
Great points xxXXCarbon6XXxx! ;) Yeah, Buddy I believe you are right! Thanks for your great comment and tips for beginners, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
Thank you Eric, brilliant video, I have 4 vintage straight razors and am currently looking at buying a TI, £257, after watching your video, I think that I'm going to stick with vintage as I love the idea that they are old and with proper honing will give a great shave. Thank you once again. Martin UK (London)
Martin, you are heading in a good direction going with vintage straight razors as they can be brilliant! ;) Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a Happy New Year, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Great video Eric! I started with a Dovo shavette before I bought my first straight razor. It was a brand new Dovo honed by Lynn Abrams. You are right that newbies should start with inexpensive straight razors. I have vintage and new straights and I enjoy each and every one. Have a blessed weekend.
Joseph that's a great way to start! ;) Yeah, Buddy Dovo makes great products and Lynn Abrams can hone! Have a blessed weekend! Thanks so much for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! Take care and stay safe, have a great day my friend! :) #Heart
In the words of Aka Stallion/Anthony Esposito: "It's all about the edge". I agree! If the heat treatment is good and it's honeable then it doesn't matter..
Michael, you are so right! ;) Yeah, Buddy "It's all about the edge" good steel and a proper temper and you've got a good straight razor! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Ian, your Heljestrand Mk31 is made from some of the best Swedish steel and is Swedish-made! ;) Yeah, Buddy that's a fantastic straight razor that will give you many great shaves! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good day my friend! :) #Heart
Very nice Mike! ;) Yeah, Buddy the Dubl Duck Special No.1 is a fine vintage straight razor! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Totally agree Douglas! ;) Yeah, Buddy the steel and temper are key to have a great straight razor blade! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
I think the modern razors are quite good, but do tend to irritate the skin due to the angle they are held at to cut efficiently. A quality vintage wedge, near wedge or frame back does not require such extreme angles, giving a much smoother and comfortable shave. But it still comes down to honing and edge bevel setting. Practice with a cheap throw away that you won't mind ruining, before working on a vintage or modern.
Great tips and advice, Richard! ;) Yeah, Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good day my friend! :) #Heart
Carbon steel and damascus steel will rust if you dont oil it and keep it dry. Stainless steel is easier to look after. I like a good hollow grind and well made
Right on @lan-bq7gp ! You are so right, I use a mixture of oil and wax on my straight razors to protect the steel. Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
Great question Kirk! ;) Yeah, Buddy the two vintage TI straight razors I have are easy to hone, as for the TI Bison I have not needed to hone it yet! Thiers Issard's are fantastic straight razors I would recommend one. Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) #Heart
Great video Eric, I love my TI Le Dandy. But I appreciate my vintage razor's too. I have a lovely Gentleman's razor Sheffield wedge 5/8th's that and the TI and my W&B are a dream to shave with. Lovely examples. Have a great weekend. Very best regards Gordon 😊👍
That is awesome Gordon! ;) Yeah, Buddy you have some nice straight razors! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great weekend, take care and stay safe! All the best my friend! :) #Heart
Very nice video, i learn so much about straight razors and it’s awesome. how’s it going friend? i was wanting to ask you if there’s any way that i could buy some of your special straight razor protectant?
Matti rock on brother! ;) Yeah, Buddy! I hope you have an awesome weekend! Thanks so much for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Great video Eric. Very good topic. I have a vintage, a new, and a shavette. I like each of them but they are all a little different. I do think vintage can be the best value for your money if you get a good one. Mark 8:27-29.
Great point ACL84Fla! ;) Yeah, Buddy vintage straight razors can give you the best bang for the buck! He is the Christ! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good weekend brother! :) #Heart
What did you catch your finger? I cut a chunk of my thumbnail off about three days ago. 🤕🙄😬😑I just got done honing a razor and I was doing the hanging hair test with one of my Girlfriends loose brush hairs and I got too confident and went real quick and took a little chunk out my left thumb nail!!! 😳I went right to the sink because it started bleeding like crazy👍🏻 🩸 Three days later it’s healing up very well and I don’t even need a Band-Aid 🩹 anymore haha. Lesson learned…. 📚 I’m not gonna get too cocky 🐓 anymore and RESPECT THE BLADE 🙏🏻😌 🔪 😅😮💨 🤷🏼♂️ 🤦🏼♂️
Mike, I was working on a computer and got caught on a sharp piece of metal it's only 1/8" long but it was quite deep. Just like you, I am recovering well and won't need the Ban-Aid much longer buddy! Thanks so much for asking! :) #Heart
oh yes sir wha a great sell of razors . but i bet you have a few more tucked away 🤪 i agree fully take your time and keep looking. that elusive razor will turn up at some point . man ace of spades now days go for silly money
Paul, you got that right! ;) Yeah, Buddy keep a weather eye out and you'll find a great straight razor! I do have a few more razors I haven't been able to get to yet. I definitely got into the Ace of Spades straight razors on the ground floor before they became so popular mate! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good day my friend! :) #Heart
James the vintage razors are some of the Best shaving razors! Your razor has a personal connection making it even more fun to use! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Great question Ismail! ;) I get everything online... for vintage straight razors I look on eBay mostly and for new I check Amazon, and there are many shaving websites you could check out. I hope that is helpful, please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
short answer: No of course not. Nothing older is better. Go get in a $100k car from 1980 and get in a 10k car from today. The modern car is better in every imaginable way. As are most things, almost everything. Obviously, a sharpened slab of metal isn't a complex system like a car, but even still with a simple tool like a razor, seemingly simple, we have vastly improved metallugry, vast improved industrial processes in general, improved heat treatments, improved grinding, just every step of the industrial processes used to make a "simple" item like this, from the raw materials, down to the tolerances in production are better today and for cheaper.
Jeff sorry for the late reply you got trapped in my "Held for Review" section and I just saw your comment. I completely agree, technology and processes including manufacturing and metallurgy along with quality control are far superior today on a modern straight razor! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a Happy New Year, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
The one thing about vintage razors is that you have to know how to get them shave ready & possibly deal with defects (cracks). As an experienced shave it's not a problem for me, but a newbie? Go the cheap Gold Dollar & see if it works for you, learn to strop & hone, THEN go looking for vintage razors. The exception would be if you buy the vintage from a reputable dealer who has full restored it, but that won't be cheap.
I don't believe the steel in the olden days was special and I believe material science improves with time. I therefore believe I'm going to get a better quality modern blade, just without the character. I'll add the character myself and will be able to pass it onto my son. :D
Great points xxXXCarbon6XXxx! ;) Yeah, Buddy I believe you are right!
Thanks for your great comment and tips for beginners, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
Thank you Eric, brilliant video, I have 4 vintage straight razors and am currently looking at buying a TI, £257, after watching your video, I think that I'm going to stick with vintage as I love the idea that they are old and with proper honing will give a great shave. Thank you once again. Martin UK (London)
Martin, you are heading in a good direction going with vintage straight razors as they can be brilliant! ;)
Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a Happy New Year, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Great video Eric! I started with a Dovo shavette before I bought my first straight razor. It was a brand new Dovo honed by Lynn Abrams. You are right that newbies should start with inexpensive straight razors. I have vintage and new straights and I enjoy each and every one. Have a blessed weekend.
Joseph that's a great way to start! ;) Yeah, Buddy Dovo makes great products and Lynn Abrams can hone! Have a blessed weekend!
Thanks so much for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! Take care and stay safe, have a great day my friend! :) #Heart
In the words of Aka Stallion/Anthony Esposito: "It's all about the edge". I agree! If the heat treatment is good and it's honeable then it doesn't matter..
Michael, you are so right! ;) Yeah, Buddy "It's all about the edge" good steel and a proper temper and you've got a good straight razor!
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
I have a Heljestrand Mk31 that I sharpened and used - fantastic steel and shave.
Ian, your Heljestrand Mk31 is made from some of the best Swedish steel and is Swedish-made! ;) Yeah, Buddy that's a fantastic straight razor that will give you many great shaves!
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good day my friend! :) #Heart
I just ordered a Dubl Duck Special No.1 🦆 🦆
Very nice Mike! ;) Yeah, Buddy the Dubl Duck Special No.1 is a fine vintage straight razor!
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Just as today, even back in the day you had great products and not so great products. Really depends on the steel.
Totally agree Douglas! ;) Yeah, Buddy the steel and temper are key to have a great straight razor blade!
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
I think the modern razors are quite good, but do tend to irritate the skin due to the angle they are held at to cut efficiently. A quality vintage wedge, near wedge or frame back does not require such extreme angles, giving a much smoother and comfortable shave. But it still comes down to honing and edge bevel setting. Practice with a cheap throw away that you won't mind ruining, before working on a vintage or modern.
Great tips and advice, Richard! ;) Yeah, Buddy!
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good day my friend! :) #Heart
Carbon steel and damascus steel will rust if you dont oil it and keep it dry. Stainless steel is easier to look after. I like a good hollow grind and well made
Right on @lan-bq7gp ! You are so right, I use a mixture of oil and wax on my straight razors to protect the steel.
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
Love your youthful passion, Eric. I love my vintage cutthroats. I will have to get a TI some day. I heard they are horrible at honing. Is that true?
Great question Kirk! ;) Yeah, Buddy the two vintage TI straight razors I have are easy to hone, as for the TI Bison I have not needed to hone it yet! Thiers Issard's are fantastic straight razors I would recommend one.
Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) #Heart
Great video Eric, I love my TI Le Dandy. But I appreciate my vintage razor's too. I have a lovely Gentleman's razor Sheffield wedge 5/8th's that and the TI and my W&B are a dream to shave with. Lovely examples.
Have a great weekend.
Very best regards Gordon 😊👍
That is awesome Gordon! ;) Yeah, Buddy you have some nice straight razors!
Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great weekend, take care and stay safe! All the best my friend! :) #Heart
Very nice video, i learn so much about straight razors and it’s awesome. how’s it going friend? i was wanting to ask you if there’s any way that i could buy some of your special straight razor protectant?
Nice video Eric.
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Have à awesome uppcoming weekend and take.
You rock.
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Matti rock on brother! ;) Yeah, Buddy! I hope you have an awesome weekend!
Thanks so much for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
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Great video Eric. Very good topic. I have a vintage, a new, and a shavette. I like each of them but they are all a little different. I do think vintage can be the best value for your money if you get a good one. Mark 8:27-29.
Jesus is Lord! Love that scripture you shared.
@@thecutthroatjourney Amen Kirk!
Great point ACL84Fla! ;) Yeah, Buddy vintage straight razors can give you the best bang for the buck! He is the Christ!
Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good weekend brother! :) #Heart
No magical religion brainwashing.
What did you catch your finger? I cut a chunk of my thumbnail off about three days ago. 🤕🙄😬😑I just got done honing a razor and I was doing the hanging hair test with one of my Girlfriends loose brush hairs and I got too confident and went real quick and took a little chunk out my left thumb nail!!! 😳I went right to the sink because it started bleeding like crazy👍🏻 🩸 Three days later it’s healing up very well and I don’t even need a Band-Aid 🩹 anymore haha. Lesson learned…. 📚 I’m not gonna get too cocky 🐓 anymore and RESPECT THE BLADE 🙏🏻😌
🔪 😅😮💨 🤷🏼♂️ 🤦🏼♂️
Mike, I was working on a computer and got caught on a sharp piece of metal it's only 1/8" long but it was quite deep. Just like you, I am recovering well and won't need the Ban-Aid much longer buddy! Thanks so much for asking! :) #Heart
oh yes sir wha a great sell of razors . but i bet you have a few more tucked away 🤪 i agree fully take your time and keep looking. that elusive razor will turn up at some point . man ace of spades now days go for silly money
Paul, you got that right! ;) Yeah, Buddy keep a weather eye out and you'll find a great straight razor! I do have a few more razors I haven't been able to get to yet. I definitely got into the Ace of Spades straight razors on the ground floor before they became so popular mate!
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Take care and stay safe, have a good day my friend! :) #Heart
My Dublducks beat my Dovos every time.
I am 64 and I still got my grandparents razor I would never sell it for 20 dollars
James the vintage razors are some of the Best shaving razors! Your razor has a personal connection making it even more fun to use!
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
How can buy
Great question Ismail! ;) I get everything online... for vintage straight razors I look on eBay mostly and for new I check Amazon, and there are many shaving websites you could check out. I hope that is helpful, please let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
short answer: No of course not. Nothing older is better. Go get in a $100k car from 1980 and get in a 10k car from today. The modern car is better in every imaginable way. As are most things, almost everything. Obviously, a sharpened slab of metal isn't a complex system like a car, but even still with a simple tool like a razor, seemingly simple, we have vastly improved metallugry, vast improved industrial processes in general, improved heat treatments, improved grinding, just every step of the industrial processes used to make a "simple" item like this, from the raw materials, down to the tolerances in production are better today and for cheaper.
Jeff sorry for the late reply you got trapped in my "Held for Review" section and I just saw your comment.
I completely agree, technology and processes including manufacturing and metallurgy along with quality control are far superior today on a modern straight razor!
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a Happy New Year, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
I completely disagree with jeffhick.
@areguapiri I agree with you 💯
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Old. Is not sharp.
You are right, but it can be sharpened.
Thanks for your great comment, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day and take care, my friend!