Thread: Edge Deterioration

Thanks for resurrecting this -- I will have a chance to test this
in a couple months when I return to my home and native land.
I usually store my razors without any oil of any kind, so these
will have 4 months of disuse without protectant. I shall report
back, but you folks will have to be patient

- Scott

Hey Lynn, do you think it may just be that your honing's improving over time & that you can get better results as time passes than when you last honed the razor? That's what i find too!

This is in reference to Lynn's December '08 post.........

I just had another thought about the possible cause of edge deterioration. Back in the 90's I killed quite a few Bonsai trees by watering them with "softened" water until a co-worker pointed out that by passing my house water through a water softener was putting salt in my water and the salt killed my trees.

Rinsing my razors in softened water might also be damaging the blade edges. Anyone have any thoughts on the matter?? JERRY

mrsell63, you are exactly correct. The "filters" that are sold to softer our homes' water aren't filters at all, they are ion exchange resins. True, they take out Calcium, Iron etc which result in hard water but the metal ions have to be replaced with another metal ion, mother nature doesn't like to allow electrically charged anything, much less water. So the Calcium, Iron and other ions in regular tap water are replaced by Sodium ions and so you are drinking dissolved Sodium ions which we all know is bad for one's health and is more corrosive that the metal ions it removed. If you buy the more expensive Potassium ion exchange resins the bad effects to your health are averted but the water still is quite corrosive. I drove a girl salesperson crazy one evening with all this. she finally left in tears. That's the kind of amusement that PhD chemists enjoy!!!

Originally Posted by blaireau

So the Calcium, Iron and other ions in regular tap water are replaced by Sodium ions and so you are drinking dissolved Sodium ions which we all know is bad for one's health and is more corrosive that the metal ions it removed.

So where do we get non corrosive water to drink ? Non PHD mere mortals want to know .

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

So where do we get non corrosive water to drink ? Non PHD mere mortals want to know .

Reverse-osmosis filters sound good.
Or plain old water distillers if the energy cost doesn't concern you. (I figure if I'm using electricity to heat my house I may as well put it to double use by running electrical devices other than simple heaters.)

I have been surviving on tap water. That is what i mostly drink. Coffee in the morning and water for the rest of my day & night. So far so good.

Pure spring water...

Originally Posted by blaireau

Pure spring water...

Filtered through a Yellow/Green Escher no doubt.