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By Deborah Frank

Clockwise from top left: Hommage razor, photo courtesy Hommage; the barbershop at Paul Lebrecque’s gentleman’s salon in the Core Club, photo Adriel Reboh; the Acqua di Parma razor, photo courtesy Acqua di Parma; Hommage razer, photo courtesy Hommage.

Between the worlds of hard-core, straight-edge blades and convenient electric shavers lies the day-to-day drama of multiblade razors.

Yearning for more than the plastic variety, we looked at four upscale models with varying price points. Three use Gillette’s Mach3 blade, while a fourth uses a Gillette five-blade for a debatably closer shave. The difference comes down to balance, grip, design, materials, and maybe the badger-hair brush.

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