i shaved with a Boker King Cutter last night. it's one of my favorites.
i shaved with a Boker King Cutter last night. it's one of my favorites.
So, using Ironsidegnr's coticule, I did my best to hone my new blade! It passed the HHT on the majority of the blade! I had to use my wife's very fine CURLY hair to do the test which made it fairly difficult but still worked.
Did a 3 pass shave with NO nicks thanks to everyone's tips and techniques they've shared with me. My face is as smooth as a new born's arse.
I'll be bringing the blade to Ironsidegnr's place sometime this week to get his much more knowledgeable opinion on the sharpness of the blade but i'm pretty happy with the shave I got from this 90 year old razor!!!
Saw two of these, identical but in black scales. One sold for $145 and the other for $107. For $30 I think I got a steal for my first every buy! Should I quit buying while I'm ahead!?!?
Hands up everyone with RAD who has asked this question! :rofl2:
I'm curious about the scales: I have a very similar King Cutter that has plastic scales that are nearly identical in colour to these. Are they really ivory? That would be fantastic.
Either way, you've got yourself a fine blade there at what I think is a very good price - enjoy!
French ivory is celluloid. It is one of the more stable celluloids ever made though. :)
One of the fastest give aways as to trying to determine real ivory vs French/faux ivory is the MOST ( heavy on the most, but not always) times real ivory will not have collars on the rivets in the handles. If you have opportunity to handle a razor with real ivory scales, you will also notice how thin the scales are in relation to other scale materials.