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10-05-2009, 03:00 PM #11
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Thanked: 13249It was on my mind, I just honed Gugi's "Frank Hess X" razor recently and this might be the sharpest blade I have ever attained....
I mean pure wickedness, however it is soooooo smooth... The edge just glides, barely a hint of pressure and it flat just wipes hair off yer face...
You have to be careful of that wicked spike but the edge is a dream...
Razors like these are the reason it makes me question the "Too Sharp" statement so much... Now I understand if this isn't "your" type of razor, like I said earlier, I don't like wedges... But to call a razor "too sharp" because you either don't like that type, or you don't have the touch to wield it that just doesn't make sense to me....
To say "Yeah that razor is not my cup of tea", "I like a mellower steel /grind/finish" I understand, but to say I want "that" edge duller I don't...
I even understand when somebody says I love the edges off my Coticule, a Shapton edge is to harsh for me, I get that...
Here is an experiment for you guys that have multiple finishers though...
and this is why I am pretty sure sharp is separate from smooth..
Hone up a razor to an 8k shaving level,
set out all your finishers
Do however many stokes you do to finish the edge on one and go shave a patch...
Come back and finish on another and go shave a patch..
Come back and do another and go shave a patch..
Do this however many times you want or can...
Here is what I have found...
The feel is different.
I have never overhoned a blade...
See what you find !!!