Thread: A few hesitant questions

Originally Posted by mrmessma

Thanks, I did this and it was noticeably improved. I think with the steeper angle and slightly less metal to remove in future honings, I'll stick with the electrical tape. I'll shave with it 2-3 more times, as each time it got a little better (my imagination or my technique?) I shaved the cheek area WTG, XTG, and finally ATG which felt excellent, however, the blade isn't to the point I feel comfortable doing that with a coarser area of growth like the chin. I will do a few more pyramids with tape this time.

That being said, I guess I'll look into whipped dog's sight unseen, it worries me getting something I have no idea the brand. I don't mind a little metal-glo to clean up tarnish, but some of the razors in the picture don't quite seem worth $43, and they can't all be worth even remotely the same. However, if enough of you say you've had good experiences with them, I'll trust you. But I'd feel better spending even double on a dovo best I know is new as well as pro-honed from SRD.

Side note: Also, based on a lot of your replies, the first image of my post showing the bevels meeting in the middle, I didn't stop with them uneven. I got it to the point where neither a sharpie or magnification could show them unevenly meeting.

Again, thanks for your input, I appreciate it. I didn't want to reply immediately until I'd gotten a few more shaves in to get my sample size up. Also, I'm never giving up on this razor, I'll have others, but I will get it shave ready if it's the last thing I do!

I'm glad you were able to bring it back to life! I do find that the second or third shave after honing a razor tends to get a bit smoother.

As for the topic of whipped dog's sight unseen shave ready razors you have to think about what you're getting. If you look at eBay, the average buy it now razor is 15 to 25 bucks. It will not be shave ready, which means you will have to sharpen it or send it to be honed, another 25 bucks. Might be more, because some of the razors I've seen on there look like the previous owner tried to sharpen them with coarse pocket knife stones and screwed everything up.

I would argue that if you do the math, it's well worth the 45 bucks he's asking for his razors. You may not get the prettiest razor out there. In fact you might think it downright ugly. But I'm willing to bet it'll shave as good as any other razor out there. Not to sway you away from one of SRD's razors, a Dovo Best would also be an excellent purchase, even more so if it some from Lynn.