If I was in the market for a stainless razor ...

i would go with the Feather AS-D2
like most things japanese the workmanship the thought process behind it is wonderful, not to mention the knurling it's first class. The weight of the head to me is perfect. just a high class piece of workmanship.
There's an argument to say that adjustable razors are adjustable because the manufacturer dosent know the best setting as every individual is different however Feather have crafted a piece of artistry that only needs one setting, Feather reckon they've got it right. No blade overhang another plus and the stand is oozing with quality,
 
Boycie83 said:
...Game Changer will give you a choice of plates and punches way above its price. Cost and performance are its key characteristics. It's a bit bland in the looks department...
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I have a Game Changer head ( no handle) .68 straight bar and it is IMO the best for the money. If by chance not aggressive enough then they make the .84. It's like a stainless Gillette Tech w/ covered end tabs, but a bit less top cap curve that makes for under the schnozz shaving easier.

If you like a Tech you'll love it.
 
Bogeyman said:
I have a Game Changer head ( no handle) .68 straight bar and it is IMO the best for the money. If by chance not aggressive enough then they make the .84. It's like a stainless Gillette Tech w/ covered end tabs, but a bit less top cap curve that makes for under the schnozz shaving easier.

If you like a Tech you'll love it.
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You know i like a Tech ... noted.

Ah!!! That's the one they made "purely cosmetic" changes to by moving away from the entirely flat base and making it an altogether less attractive razor. I suppose I could squint and pretend it was a flat bottom.
 
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donnie_arko said:
The Feather one seems to be very highly rated, and it's been around for a few years as well and it's popularity never seems to have waned irrespective of how crowded the marketplace seems.
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That is a very good point!

Mike Smart said:
i would go with the Feather AS-D2
like most things japanese the workmanship the thought process behind it is wonderful, not to mention the knurling it's first class. The weight of the head to me is perfect. just a high class piece of workmanship.
There's an argument to say that adjustable razors are adjustable because the manufacturer dosent know the best setting as every individual is different however Feather have crafted a piece of artistry that only needs one setting, Feather reckon they've got it right. No blade overhang another plus and the stand is oozing with quality,
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I've had a few adjustables and tended to just set the one 1. Same with different plates - as I said above, the razor works or it doesn't. The GIllette Tech worked perfectly for, well, everyone ... for decades.

Noted, fellows. Time to take a closer look at the Feather.
 
Holyzeus said:
What level of efficiency?
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Difficult to answer as I'm not really sure that (as an example) the red tip delivers anything more than the blue tip in any given pass. Blade gap (or comb type) only has any function if you're mowing off a lot of hair so as the razor doesn't physically clog up and I think that's what Gillette were going for: red tip for the burley woodsman shaving once a week; blue tip for the daily shaving office worker. It not to do with "hair type" or number of passes.

Well, actually easy to answer: yes, please. Efficient. Single pass. I only do extra passes if the first was particularly enjoyable. I like to get shaved off one.
 
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Your shave style is very akin to mine so before you start using your credit card like a courtesy car to a cathouse seriously rethink the Game Changer. They are cheap compared to these others and I know you will love it. As well, they sell quickly on any BST forum on the off chance you don't like it.
 
It is on the list @Bogeyman ... see ... right there after "eyes peeled" :ROFLMAO:

You're right and I absolutely agree with you about how we shave, what we shave with, how we prep (erm, a wash?), what we do afterwards (aftershave splash or nowt ... and get on with things) and probably why we do it like that. I like value, too, and RazoRock is very much that company - they commission quality, innovative or just hard to (initially) source products and sell them through channels akin to any mass product shifter. Yep! The Game Changer is very much on the list and most likely the first purchase I'll make, as the others are more likely going to be as a result of a windfall/drunkeness (and understand that I don't drink) or just the right deal falling into BST. I like re-use; it pains me to buy new.

I see there's a .68 a .84 and an open comb. Anything else?

Noted - the .68 should be my first choice for all the points above. I'm a happy middle-era Tech shaver and able to get absolutely smooth out of the Star Tech ("very mild" in regular shaving parlance). Maybe the others later, thinking of them kinda like the pre-WW2 or FB and New variants.

This 'ere shaving lark, for me, is probably 95% about collecting objects that I enjoy fondling! The rest is about simply being presentable and making a reasonable impression that I care - and that's where the materials actually matter. I have my 'Desert Island' equipment already and I know I like raw metal (like brass, even aluminium) but one thing you don't get a lot of in the vintage market (aside from with surgical equipment) is stainless steel machined to specific tolerances.

I got curious ... and here we are.
 
pjgh said:
That is a very good point!



I've had a few adjustables and tended to just set the one 1. Same with different plates - as I said above, the razor works or it doesn't. The GIllette Tech worked perfectly for, well, everyone ... for decades.

Noted, fellows. Time to take a closer look at the Feather.
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I think your right
some vintage razors got it right & everything else is just a copy
but the materials we have these days are of a higher quality.
 
Mike Smart said:
I think your right
some vintage razors got it right & everything else is just a copy
but the materials we have these days are of a higher quality.
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Absolutely @Mike Smart - I was just commenting above that unless you source very rare and likely impractical surgical instruments, the one thing you can't readily get from the vintage world is precisely machined stainless. I'm intrigued about it and it's absolutely for the performance of the shave rather than for collection (as per the vast majority of my razor stash).

Off the top of my head I can only think of the Olaf Rasmussen in the DE world, which is stainless (and so can survive Autoclave) and of quite a primitive design. I gather the shave is "not all that" but then it is intended for pre-surgical prep. Nowadays, pre-surgical prep is all single use disposable. In the SE world, there's the Weck (which I have) T shape (kinda like a vintage Cobra) or the disposable blade straight.
 
I agree that metals/alloys are better, but with a caveat that that in & of itself is totally meaningless as regards the actual shave. I also think that NASA like specs are perhaps overrated as well in that we are not cyborgs that can hold a razor at the exact degree of angle perfectly for every crook & cranny of our faces. "Cone of dispersion". Blade gap/exposure is where it's at.
 
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