The Most Aggressive Safety Razor Available To You.

PLANofMAN said:
I picked the model X up for a friend. I've only shaved with it once, and I went really slow and careful. No thoughtless quick shave with one of those. It wasn't a bad shave by any means, but I had zero desire to shave with it again. It felt a bit like playing Russian roulette, if you take my meaning.
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What razor (modern and/or vintage) gives you the closest, most comfortable shave? (I hope it's not a straight razor.)

I guess it would be the GEM MMOC, for me, though I still find myself reaching for the uncomforable iKon Tech for final clean-up on many occasions.
 
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Nonex said:
What razor (modern and/or vintage) gives you the closest, most comfortable shave? (I hope it's not a straight razor.)

I guess it would be the GEM MMOC, for me, though I still find myself reaching for the uncomforable iKon Tech for final clean-up on many occasions.
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It would be a toss up between my No. 58, Cooper Monobilt, and 1936 one piece aristocrat (precursor to the #15).

I get a really close shave with the shake sharp, but it's borderline uncomfortable, similar to the mmoc for me, but with a much wider blade selection.
 
PLANofMAN said:
It would be a toss up between my No. 58, Cooper Monobilt, and 1936 one piece aristocrat (precursor to the #15).

I get a really close shave with the shake sharp, but it's borderline uncomfortable, similar to the mmoc for me, but with a much wider blade selection.
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I was fortunate enough to pick up a Shake Sharp (thanks to some posts you made on another forum) and find it provides a very, very good shave. I bet someone could reproduce a similar double edge version of the razor at a cheap cost, provided they didn't include the 'shake' feature. Someone is currently auctioning a Cooper Monobilt on eBay with 90 (proprietary?) blades. It's tempting, but I'm already waiting on a Karve razor (with E-F plates) and am thinking about a Blackland Dart and RazoRock Game Changer (with 0.9 base plate). It's mind boggling seeing all of the vintage razors that have been offered in the past 100+ years. Thanks for everyone's reply.
 
Nonex said:
I was fortunate enough to pick up a Shake Sharp (thanks to some posts you made on another forum) and find it provides a very, very good shave. I bet someone could reproduce a similar double edge version of the razor at a cheap cost, provided they didn't include the 'shake' feature. Someone is currently auctioning a Cooper Monobilt on eBay with 90 (proprietary?) blades. It's tempting, but I'm already waiting on a Karve razor (with E-F plates) and am thinking about a Blackland Dart and RazoRock Game Changer (with 0.9 base plate). It's mind boggling seeing all of the vintage razors that have been offered in the past 100+ years. Thanks for everyone's reply.
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It's one of the more satisfying hobbies to get into if you are a razor collector. And there's a huge range of cost, but not a huge range of difference (shaving wise) from one end of the spectrum to the other.

I'm glad you like your shake sharp and even happier to see that I inspired people to try it. I was inspired by others to buy it myself. I'd like to see someone follow the original patent and make a shake sharp that takes both DE and SE blades. Add in adjustable, with a longer handle...the hone can stay or go, but with new technology (ceramic or something similar), a person might be able to get it to work with stainless blades.

The Karve, Dart, and Game Changer are all good looking razors at a less than exorbitant price.
 
Nonex said:
I bet someone could reproduce a similar double edge version of the razor
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PLANofMAN said:
I'd like to see someone follow the original patent and make a shake sharp that takes both DE and SE blades
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Im not trying to be deliberately argumentative, or go even further of topic, but I'm finding it hard to envisage a DE DeHaven as the handle (like the Cobra Classic and injectors) is designed to be used with an SE head.
 
Look lads, don't mess about with most aggressive this and most aggressive that if you want aggressive throw the De in the bin and get Billy or Jamie to hone you up a really good straight and take your chances. That's it, end of!
 
Boru62 said:
Wow thanks for that, lend me your cap so I can doff it.
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Is this the famous understated British sarcasm? Perhaps I misunderstood your post in my reply.

Edit: nevermind. I should have clarified that the shake sharp we were discussing earlier was the G.E. Jones version.

From what I understand, the DeHaven shake sharp can take injector blades with very little modification.
 
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PLANofMAN said:
Is this the famous understated British sarcasm? Perhaps I misunderstood your post in my reply.

Edit: nevermind. I should have clarified that the shake sharp we were discussing earlier was the G.E. Jones version.

From what I understand, the DeHaven shake sharp can take injector blades with very little modification.
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No sarcasm at all.
I've Models 2 and 3, I'm yet to use 2 as it requires an adaptor.
Model 3 works better with a snipped AC blade but you will get a decent shave using an injector blade.
 
I always struggle with terms like ‘aggressive' or ‘mild'. Bearing in mind mileage, etc. I find ‘efficient' more apt than ‘aggressive'. Stuck for an alternative to ‘mild' though; ‘smooth' maybe. Your semantics may vary.
 
I have seen some use stropping handles as shavettes, bravado or "I really thought it was a shavette" not sure but the resulting shave must be rather aggressive.
 
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