Thread: Suggestions

The sack-ups is the right thing that I am talking about. This site sells basically the same thing. Scroll down until you see them.

https://thesuperiorshave.com/straigh...ses_rolls.html

It looks to me that it would be $12 shipped, but I am not 100% sure.

The sleeve that you found on ebay would not do the same thing. It is the silicon treatment in these sleeves that does the trick.

Best Regards,

Jeremy

Yes you are right Cotton Razor Sleeve (Price Per Sleeve, <$40 Non-US Orders ONLY)
$12.00

Then I guess this is a way better idea than buying it on SRD.



Also, I am thinking of buying this in upcoming months, 1aTTack Schleifstein Wasserstein in höchster Qualität 2 Körnungen bis 8000 ! | eBay

With a grit size of 3000/8000 I should have no problems right?

Originally Posted by heyjude

Also, I am thinking of buying this in upcoming months, 1aTTack Schleifstein Wasserstein in höchster Qualität 2 Körnungen bis 8000 ! | eBay

With a grit size of 3000/8000 I should have no problems right?

I bought one of these a while back just to see what they were like Eden Quality Combi Waterstone grain 2000 / 5000 | knivesandtools.co.uk I wanted to compare it to the naniwa stones. The one you posted looks remarkably similar.

To put it bluntly they are junk and a complete waste of money, they may appear cheep but not when you realise you will have to stick it in a draw and buy a decent stone. I bought mine to try on knives, no way I would even contemplate letting a razor touch one !! If you want reasons here they are

1) They are soft, I mean really really soft. I have bought lots of stones and these things are the softest I have ever come across by a long long way. I tried sharpening a knife and had to lap the thing 3 times due to the very visable dishing. (I only used it once)

2) The stated grit size doesn't feel anything like what it should.

3) Due to how soft they are they won't last long and require constant lapping.

The decision is of cause up to you but I would spend more and get a decent stone that does the job. In all honesty I have not come across a "cheep" stone that was worth the money and these things are the worst I've ever seen. I have never understood why people are happy to spend hundreds on knives/razors then buy cheep nasty stones to maintain them!

Sorry if it sounds harsh but I'm trying to save you money. Buy a decent stone or stones from the get go because if you go down the cheep and nasty road you will realise you wasted your money and have to buy a good stone anyway

My experience is really with knives but I highly recommend the naniwa super stones. They are the. best price to performance stones I have ever used.

Originally Posted by mike1011

I bought one of these a while back just to see what they were like Eden Quality Combi Waterstone grain 2000 / 5000 | knivesandtools.co.uk I wanted to compare it to the naniwa stones. The one you posted looks remarkably similar.

To put it bluntly they are junk and a complete waste of money, they may appear cheep but not when you realise you will have to stick it in a draw and buy a decent stone. I bought mine to try on knives, no way I would even contemplate letting a razor touch one !! If you want reasons here they are

1) They are soft, I mean really really soft. I have bought lots of stones and these things are the softest I have ever come across by a long long way. I tried sharpening a knife and had to lap the thing 3 times due to the very visable dishing. (I only used it once)

2) The stated grit size doesn't feel anything like what it should.

3) Due to how soft they are they won't last long and require constant lapping.

The decision is of cause up to you but I would spend more and get a decent stone that does the job. In all honesty I have not come across a "cheep" stone that was worth the money and these things are the worst I've ever seen. I have never understood why people are happy to spend hundreds on knives/razors then buy cheep nasty stones to maintain them!

Sorry if it sounds harsh but I'm trying to save you money. Buy a decent stone or stones from the get go because if you go down the cheep and nasty road you will realise you wasted your money and have to buy a good stone anyway

My experience is really with knives but I highly recommend the naniwa super stones. They are the. best price to performance stones I have ever used.

To be honest I also got suspicious, But I think I have discovered a way to find good stuff on ebay, I just look for 3000/4000/8000 gritstones and some of them have the "ebay guaranteed" symbols, this stuff are virtually always high quality brands,
I just discovered 2 more good brands: Wüsthof, Kasumi, Wakoli (kind of not sure)
So I think I will gather a list of "good" brans before I buy anything else

I'd be grateful to if someone shed some light on this, ebay says if it is not the not "right product" they return your money. I presume they would not have this for cheap garbage obviously...

EDIT:
I decided to buy this one: http://www.ebay.de/itm/WUSTHOF-Schle...item3cde5a034b

The brand is Wüsthof, anzbody heard of it?
According to wikipedia: Wüsthof is a knife-maker based in Solingen, Germany, noted for its high quality products.

For 59 euros (80$) do you think it is a good bargain?

Originally Posted by heyjude

The brand is Wüsthof, anzbody heard of it?
According to wikipedia: Wüsthof is a knife-maker based in Solingen, Germany, noted for its high quality products.

For 59 euros (80$) do you think it is a good bargain?

Yes I am very familiar with wusthof knives, I own several of their "ikon classic" knives and they are indeed a quality kitchen knife (though they do make a budget line which IMO are not all that great). I would say they are my favoriite of the western kitchen knives.

The stone is OK, not great but leaps ahead of the other one you posted. I have a courser version that I used for a while sharpening kitchen knives. The only thing I would say is that it isn't very wide, not wide enough to accommodate the full width of a razor. They are intended more for knife sharpening.

Personaly if I was in the market for a combi stone I would spend just a bit more and get this Naniwa Super Stone 3000 / 10000 grit combi | knivesandtools.co.uk or the Norton stone mentioned.

I am unsure of that brand. I would much rather spend a little more and buy a brand with a reputation (Norton 4/8k or Naniwa 3/8k), than deal with frustrations of a generic brand not working like it is supposed to. If you have heard good things about that brand, then that is a different story. 3/8k or 4/8k grit is the correct range.

Best,

Jeremy

Thanks
I'll look around more and decide now that I know the correct size range

I bought a brand new boker king cutter just over a month ago and after two weeks I noticed some small dark marks on the blade (if it was a knife I would call it patina). I don't think it is anything to worry about and its certainly not rust. I dried my blade religousley after each shave and stropped on canvas, the only thing I can think that may have caused it, is that I didn't dry it straight after a shave but maybe five minutes after so maybe that's all it takes to mark these blades ?

Since noticing them I have been drying the blade immediately after shaving then 30 or so strokes on the canvas strop followed by a drop of mineral oil (aka baby oil, I found that out after searching several supermarkets and chemists for "mineral oil" only to find out that its common baby oil !) That I rub over the blade and tang. Since then there have been no new dark spots appearing.

Originally Posted by mike1011

I bought a brand new boker king cutter just over a month ago and after two weeks I noticed some small dark marks on the blade (if it was a knife I would call it patina). I don't think it is anything to worry about and its certainly not rust. I dried my blade religousley after each shave and stropped on canvas, the only thing I can think that may have caused it, is that I didn't dry it straight after a shave but maybe five minutes after so maybe that's all it takes to mark these blades ?

Since noticing them I have been drying the blade immediately after shaving then 30 or so strokes on the canvas strop followed by a drop of mineral oil (aka baby oil, I found that out after searching several supermarkets and chemists for "mineral oil" only to find out that its common baby oil !) That I rub over the blade and tang. Since then there have been no new dark spots appearing.

That's certainly a good warning for me My blade is stainless steel completely so should be coating the blade completely in oil?

But I still think most users do not dry their blades "religiously" like you mentioned
So wouldn't this become a hot issue if blades got rusty after 2 weeks of letting the blade stay a little wet for 5 minutes after every shave? Could it be something else? Maybe the storing place was humid or etc?