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  1. 12-03-2008, 05:24 PM #1
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    Default Problem with my blade

    I bought a used razor from the classifieds area on this web site. It is a nice vintage razor and it shaved great right out of the mail box.

    A few weeks later, I decided to send the razor to a professional sharpener (one that deals with knives and razors for businesses) in NYC, to get a nice clean new edge on the blade.

    When it came back, it was NOT the same blade! It is so bad, that I still use the disposable razor I bought to try shaving with a straight edge.

    What can I do? Is is me or the razor?!
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  2. 12-03-2008, 05:37 PM #2
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    It sounds like whoever honed it didn't know what they were doing. You could send it to one of the guys on the site here who'd probably put it right in a very satisfactory way. Welcome to the forum by the way.
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  3. 12-03-2008, 05:44 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by AlanII View Post
    It sounds like whoever honed it didn't know what they were doing. You could send it to one of the guys on the site here who'd probably put it right in a very satisfactory way. Welcome to the forum by the way.
    +1 If it was your technique you wouldn't have been any better off when it first came to you. You got good shaves with it then. It should have been as good or better if it was properly honed.
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  4. 12-03-2008, 05:53 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    +1 If it was your technique you wouldn't have been any better off when it first came to you. You got good shaves with it then. It should have been as good or better if it was properly honed.

    +1 with whats been said, if it shaved good then, it should shave better now!I sent a PM.
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  5. 12-03-2008, 08:06 PM #5
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    I've heard from others than knife sharpeners don't know how to sharpen razors.

    "Razor" sharp kitchen knives are sharp. Just not as sharp as a razor. They don't know any better.

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    Most knives men do not know how to hone a razor. Some even use a belt grinder and overheat the steel. In which case you'll never shave with her again.
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  7. 12-03-2008, 08:20 PM #7
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    I agree in that it sounds like the knife shop butchered your razor's edge.

    As an eye opening learning experiment, the person at the knife shop who probably sharpened your razor on a Tormek should be required to fully shave his face with that edge; then the conversation should start at that point about what is and is not shave ready. He may have to take a day or two off of work to recover from the razor burn though.

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  8. 12-03-2008, 09:12 PM #8
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    Thank you everyone for your quick replies!!!
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