Razor Brands List

Above The Tie helped define the modern American premium razor movement when Stan Hickam launched the brand in the early 2010s. Built around CNC machined stainless steel, interchangeable plates, and a modular design philosophy, ATT razors earned a reputation for durability, precision, and a serious tool for life feel. Now under the Blackland umbrella, the brand carries both its original Tennessee born engineering spirit and a renewed place in the modern artisan razor world.

Alpha Shaving Works reflects the personality of Steven Tinter, a maker known for bold handles, distinctive hardware, and a willingness to experiment with materials and form. Emerging from the enthusiast side of wet shaving, Alpha has become especially interesting through razors like the Spirit SE, where lightness, agility, and modern single edge performance take center stage. The brand feels playful but serious, artisan gear made by someone who clearly enjoys the rabbit hole.

Ascender is the personal razor project of Ross Lee Hjelmgren, a Minnesota artisan machinist whose background includes CAD design and machining work for the original Paradigm razors. That history gives Ascender an unusually serious pedigree for a newer boutique brand. Models like the Eagle and Skyline feel like the next chapter in Ross’s own machining story: high end, performance driven razors built by someone who has been deep inside the modern artisan razor movement for years.

Atelier Durdan brings a distinctly French workshop sensibility to the modern safety razor world. Founded by Augustin Durdan in Saint Affrique, the brand produces small run, made to order razors with names like Le Maurice, La Faulx, Horizon, Vestige, and Numéro 7. The appeal is not just CNC precision, but the feeling of a maker’s hand behind the object, thoughtful designs, careful finishing, and a very personal artisan voice.

Aylsworth is a Canadian designed razor brand shaped by Kaleb Aylsworth’s interest in making shaving more comfortable and less punishing. Rather than chasing aggression for its own sake, razors like the Drakkant and Apex focus on blade support, approachable geometry, and a smooth, controlled feel. The result is a brand that feels modern and polished, but still very much built around the everyday experience of the shaver.

Blackland began in 2015 when Shane Swartzlander introduced the Blackbird, a razor that immediately stood apart from the more traditional silhouettes in the market. The brand’s name comes from a translation of Swartzlander, and that little bit of personal history fits the brand well: Blackland razors feel distinctive, intentional, and unmistakably designed. From the Blackbird to the Vector, Sabre, Osprey, and beyond, Blackland’s signature is bold industrial design paired with serious shaving performance.

Blutt Rasur remains a little more mysterious than many artisan brands, since the maker’s personal name is not central to the public story. What is clear is that the BR 1 is a Swiss made CNC milled stainless steel razor, launched around 2019, with the kind of restrained precision you would expect from that origin. Its calling cards are a flat, maneuverable head, concealed blade tabs, tight tolerances, and a smooth but efficient shave character that has made it something of a quiet cult object.

Carbon Shaving Co. is the work of Sean McManus, who launched the Minneapolis based brand with Sarah in 2019 after several years of product design work. Carbon’s Cx razors are machined and finished in town, with the brand leaning hard into premium materials, hand polishing, and small batch American luxury. The feel is part razor, part mechanical jewelry: vintage inspiration, modern CNC execution, and a strong belief that a shave should feel like a moment worth enjoying.

Edwin Jagger has been part of the modern wet shaving revival since Neil Jagger founded the brand in Sheffield, England in 1988. Rooted in Sheffield’s long metalworking and grooming heritage, Edwin Jagger built its reputation on elegant, accessible razors, brushes, and shaving accessories. The brand’s charm is its balance: traditional English refinement, broad availability, and enough polish to feel special without becoming intimidating.

Fatip carries the character of old world Italian razor making. Its roots trace back to mid century Milan and later to Premana, a northern Italian town known for metalwork and cutting tools. Still associated with the Fazzini family tradition, Fatip razors are made from brass and often feel more handmade and idiosyncratic than modern CNC pieces. The brand is especially loved for open comb and slant designs that deliver efficiency with unmistakable Italian character.

Greencult grew out of Valerie Wallner’s Austrian eco shop, fairschenkt, and a family linked Vorarlberg metalworking operation. That origin explains the brand’s unusual mix: sustainability minded retail on one side, local precision machining on the other. The razors are 100 percent made in Austria, with stainless steel construction, practical geometry, and a refreshingly transparent, no nonsense personality. Greencult feels less like a luxury pose and more like a small Austrian project that turned durable, responsible design into a genuinely interesting razor line.

Guerilla Razors comes from the same Canadian machining world as Wolfman, with James and Tara Dufour connected to the brand through JD CNC Machining in Edmonton. Where Wolfman has an almost jewelry like aura, Guerilla feels more rugged, direct, and utilitarian. It offers the credibility of serious Canadian machining in a less ornate, more workhorse style package.

Henson Shaving brought aerospace thinking into the mainstream safety razor conversation. Launched around 2020 by Daniel Jantzi and rooted in the background of B and R Custom Machining, Henson focuses on tight tolerances, controlled blade angle, and a design that makes DE shaving feel unusually predictable. The AL13 became a breakout razor because it removed much of the guesswork from traditional shaving while keeping the advantages of a double edge blade.

Hone was founded by designer Andrew Mitchell in 2015, and the Type 15 still feels like one of the most sculptural razors in wet shaving. Whether in brass, bronze, aluminum, or stainless steel, Hone razors have a calm, minimalist presence, less like a gadget and more like a designed object. The brand’s uniqueness is that it treats the razor as something tactile and architectural, not just functional.

Karve Shaving Co. grew out of Chris Kirchen’s Canadian machine shop background and became one of the defining names in modular safety razors. Based in Edmonton, Karve is best known for the Christopher Bradley and Overlander, both of which reflect the brand’s practical, precise, and deeply hands on approach. Karve razors feel like they come from a real workshop: thoughtfully engineered, highly configurable, and built for long term use.

Lambda Razors is a Greek premium razor maker founded by mechanical engineer Theodoros Dragonas around 2019. Models like the Athena and Ares blend Greek mythological inspiration with careful CNC machining, polished finishes, and a strong sense of material character. Lambda razors feel luxurious without being generic, warm, sculptural, and unmistakably shaped by a maker with both engineering and aesthetic ambition.

Maxwell June was founded by twin brothers Rob and Rich Glenn, with roots in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois. The brand’s MJ Double Edge razor is built around American made 316 stainless steel and a desire to make traditional DE shaving feel more approachable. Maxwell June’s angle is interesting because it does not simply imitate vintage DE razors; it tries to bridge the economy and simplicity of double edge blades with a more familiar modern shaving experience.

Merkur is one of the great historic names of Solingen, Germany, with origins going back to Emil Hermes in the late 19th century. Few brands have introduced more people to traditional wet shaving. The 34C, Progress, Futur, and Merkur slants have become reference points in the category, not because they are exotic, but because they are enduring, functional designs that continue to define the German safety razor.

Muhle began in 1945 in Stützengrün, Germany, when Otto Johannes Müller started making shaving brushes in the Ore Mountains. Still a family business, Muhle has grown into one of the most refined names in traditional grooming. The brand’s personality is clean, restrained, and beautifully German: classic brush craft, elegant accessories, and razors like the R89 and Rocca that combine everyday usability with polished design.

Nord Razors is built around Freyja, a Sweden based project created by Dawid, a mechanical engineer with more than a decade of experience in European research facilities. That technical background shows in the razor’s central idea: a grooved blade support system intended to improve stability, rinseability, comfort, and efficiency. Nord feels like a very modern kind of artisan brand: community tested, engineering led, and focused on solving a specific shaving problem rather than simply making another pretty stainless razor.

Oliworks comes from a family owned CNC machine shop in Mesa, Arizona, founded by Jorge and Sofia Ochoa and later pushed into the razor world by the next generation. What makes Oliworks interesting is its machine shop authenticity: this is not a lifestyle brand pretending to manufacture things, but a real shop turning its capabilities toward wet shaving. The result is American made hardware with strong value, approachable pricing, and a very community driven energy.

Phoenix Shaving, also known as Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements, is the colorful world of Douglas Smythe and Frances Towle. Emerging from the artisan soap boom of the early 2010s, Phoenix built a universe around retro packaging, scent storytelling, oddball tools, razors, brushes, and the sheer joy of going down the wet shaving rabbit hole. The brand’s uniqueness is personality: playful, nostalgic, theatrical, and impossible to confuse with anyone else.

Razorock grew out of Italian Barber and the enthusiasm of Joseph Abbatangelo and Michael Iuorio, who started by working with Italian artisan producers on soaps and aftershaves before building one of the broadest value driven lines in wet shaving. The brand’s magic is accessibility: razors like the Game Changer, Lupo, Hawk, Mamba, and Baby Smooth give enthusiasts an enormous playground of designs and materials without forcing luxury brand pricing. Razorock feels like the experimental side of wet shaving made affordable.

Rex Supply Co. is the modern manufacturing expression of Razor Emporium founder Matt Pisarcik’s deep involvement with vintage Gillette restoration. Launched as a razor brand around 2020, Rex takes inspiration from classic American adjustables and rebuilds that spirit in modern stainless steel. The Ambassador, Envoy, Konsul, and Sentry all carry a vintage barbershop soul, but with contemporary machining and a proudly American made identity.

Rocnel is a Turkish premium razor maker that became known in the 2010s for heavy, mechanically ambitious stainless steel razors. Associated with Murat, the brand has a strong cult following around pieces like the Sailor adjustable and Master Collection models. Rocnel’s personality is unmistakably mechanical: substantial, highly machined, sometimes dramatic, and aimed at shavers who appreciate engineering presence as much as shave feel.

Founded in 1945 by Dante Bardelli in Brebbia, near Italy’s Lake Maggiore, Saponificio Varesino began as a small postwar soapworks rooted in traditional Italian craftsmanship. Over the decades, the family-run house evolved into one of wet shaving’s most respected names, known for triple-milled soaps, refined fragrances, and a serious commitment to lather performance. What makes Saponificio Varesino special is the way it blends old-world soapmaking discipline with a distinctly elegant, modern Italian sensibility. It feels less like a nostalgic throwback and more like tradition sharpened, polished, and elevated for the contemporary wet shaver.

Stando Polska appears to be the work of Stanislaw Lowicki, a Polish maker whose path began years ago with DIY razor and brush handles on shaving forums before growing into a small workshop producing stainless steel, copper, aluminum, and titanium razors. The brand has a wonderfully off mainstream European artisan feel, with models often named from Slavic mythology and a catalog that ranges across DE, SE, half DE, and Artist Club formats. Stando’s appeal is variety, maker energy, and the sense of a machinist steadily turning a personal passion into a recognizable collector brand.

Tatara was founded in Porto, Portugal in 2016 by mechanical engineers João Gomes, Luís Oliveira, and André Guimarães. The brand takes its name from the Japanese furnace used in traditional steelmaking, and that Japanese influence shows in its restrained design language. Tatara razors are precise, calm, and highly intentional, Portuguese engineering filtered through a minimalist, almost meditative aesthetic.

Tedalus was founded in Switzerland by Manuel Mikasi and first became known for luxury shavettes before expanding into safety razors like the Velocity ONE. The brand treats shaving hardware almost like luxury watchmaking: 316L stainless steel, tight CNC tolerances, dramatic presentation, and design cues that even nod toward Formula 1. Tedalus is not chasing affordability; it is chasing the feeling of an ultra premium mechanical object.

The Goodfellas’ Smile is an Italian wet-shaving and grooming brand officially born in 2011, after founder Nico and his wife Luisa began experimenting with razors and shaving products during the economic strain of 2010. Based in Italy and associated with the company Barbieri Uniti, the brand built its identity around affordable, creative, Made-in-Italy grooming products, with a wide lineup of shaving soaps, aftershaves, razors, blades, and accessories. Its appeal comes from the combination of playful Italian style, accessible pricing, and a strong focus on raw materials and fragrance-driven wet shaving. 

Timeless Razor comes from the Timura family and their Ohio machine shop background. Since arriving in the mid 2010s, Timeless has become known for American made CNC razors with a high degree of customization: different metals, blade gaps, handles, plates, and finishes. Its unique quality is configurability. A Timeless razor feels like something built to your preferred specification rather than pulled from a fixed catalog.

Founded by Carry, the artisan behind OUMO, Urkunet Razor grew out of a winding path from advertising to makeup brushes, shaving brushes, and eventually CNC-machined safety razors. The Urkunet name itself carries a more unusual origin, inspired by an NPC character Carry remembered from Mount & Blade: Warband, giving the brand a slightly mythic, outsider spirit from the start. After falling deeply into wet shaving, Carry began developing the Assassin razor in 2021, eventually building an in-house CNC workshop so design, machining, and finishing could be controlled directly. The result is a young Chinese razor house with a surprisingly romantic backbone: part gamer legend, part artisan obsession, and part precision engineering project.

Wolfman Razors is the work of James Dufour of JD CNC Machining in Edmonton, Alberta, and it has become one of the most revered names in modern artisan razors. What began as a machinist applying his craft to shaving turned into a brand known for custom gaps, elite finishing, and a near jewelry level of precision. Wolfman’s mystique comes from scarcity, craftsmanship, and the feeling that each razor is the product of one highly skilled maker’s hands.

Yates Precision Manufacturing began as a Pennsylvania machining business founded by Jake and Ashley Yates, with razor design emerging soon after through models like the 921 and Winning. The brand has a practical, industrial American personality: stainless steel, brass, machined finishes, and plate systems designed for predictable performance. Now connected to Razor Emporium, Yates retains the feel of a serious shop made tool rather than a decorative luxury object.