Thread: Touching the edge

I showed my recent purchase to a friend, and they ran their thumb over the blade edge and plucked at it a few times. They have quite abrasive fingers from a manual job, and i was wondering will this have affected the shave ready edge ?

yes, it probably did.
strop it well and see how it goes.

and now you know to not let people touch your razors without first instructing them on proper handling.

Hello again!
Highly likely I'm afraid. People do that. If you're too excited about it not to hide it from them, it's best to tell them not to touch the edge at all. If they run their thumb side to side, that's not great.
Just strop it & see how it performs. It may be fine.

Indeed I do, the guy is 40 odd years old I thought he would understand that you do NOT touch the edge of shaving equipment. Apparently not.

I want to strop it now but I don't have one unfortunately. I'll have to wait and see what it's like, I don't think it will need extreme repair. I hope it won't =/

He was moving towards the edge and my brain was going no nO NO. Then it took a few seconds for my brain to kick in and say "You don't touch the edge".

Originally Posted by gugi

yes, it probably did.
strop it well and see how it goes.

and now you know to not let people touch your razors without first instructing them on proper handling.

If he plucked the edge it may even need a few strokes on a stone. too bad he didnt cut himself.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

If he plucked the edge it may even need a few strokes on a stone. too bad he didnt cut himself.

Would have taught him a valuable lesson. Damn that bastard

I'll have to wait a while and see when i'm able to shave with it, or I could send it off to be inspected by someone else. Does anyone do inspections for free on here ?

yeah, you are going to need to restrop and possibly do laps on a barber hone.

it pretty common to test knives that way, most people aren't aware of how delicate a razor's edge is.

Originally Posted by jockeys

yeah, you are going to need to restrop and possibly do laps on a barber hone.

it pretty common to test knives that way, most people aren't aware of how delicate a razor's edge is.

I guess, knive edges are a bit bigger I think. I guess intelligent thought goes out the window and memory comes into play. As in, it's just another typical blade.

Ah well, minor disruption but lesson learned.

Originally Posted by Casulo

I'll have to wait a while and see when i'm able to shave with it, or I could send it off to be inspected by someone else. Does anyone do inspections for free on here ?

If you decide you want it inspected, I'll do it for free. Just send me a PM.

Originally Posted by Utopian

If you decide you want it inspected, I'll do it for free. Just send me a PM.

Thanks for the offer, but maybe I should state that i'm from the U.K. So i need someone close to home. Thank you for the offer though Utopian