Thread: New blade coming

No. Gugi's post was meant for this thread. Double Arrows are notorious for having issues such as what he mentioned. I think he just misunderstood and thought you got the DA for $15. It would be best for you to send the razor out to get honed. Like someone mentioned earlier, Utopian was offering one free honing per person and the feedback has been good from what I've read. Shoot him a pm and see if he's still doing that. As far as the antique store razor, I say go for it. Almost all vintage blades are worth the antique store prices. Just make sure you aren't getting a damaged blade.

Good luck in finding someone to hone your razor for you.

David

Originally Posted by shorynot

The Krieger was sharp...but a different "kind" of sharp.

yes, the infamous letter-oppener kind !

+1 on what alot of other said. Get it honed by a honemeister. The term razor sharp is there for a reason. Save up other money to buy a nice set or see what the other ladies and gents on the forum are willing to part with. There's a nice setup of Nortons if you visit Water Stone Kit. I'm about ready to get a set of these, only a few more $'s.

While I don't want to dig my grave deeper, if you do want a Norton set, here is the best deal around. I believe gssixgun recommends it frequently. Amazon.com: Norton Waterstone Starter Kit: 220/1000 grit stone, 4000/8000 grit stone, SiC flattening stone: Home Improvement

Originally Posted by gugi

yes, the infamous letter-oppener kind !

Yes!!! That kind!

Hey, Gents.

First, thanks again for the advice.

Second, I know I can get CrOx for a very good price here, but I was also wondering what kind of stores would sell it. I am going to go buy that razor from the antique shop and just see what condition it is really in. If CrOx won't fix it, I'll find the money to send it to a honemeister. But I would like to be able to see what I can do with it first. Not to mention, it's good to have something to practice stropping with, so I don't screw up my SR DA when it gets here.

Thanks again.

I think it is the general opinion that unless it is in surprisingly good shape even two hours on CrO will do nothing.

Originally Posted by khaos

I think it is the general opinion that unless it is in surprisingly good shape even two hours on CrO will do nothing.

When I get it home, I'll take some pics and post them.

But that still didn't answer my question.

Here are the pics gents. The info I could find, suggests it was made sometime between, either, 1866 or 1888 to 1921. The "00" tends to make me think it was made in 1900. Any other ideas?

Looks like that has been used quite a bit. I think the 00 was a model number. Could be wrong, but its in the place that they put their other model numbers (60 comes to mind most readily- the Carbo-Magnetic model). Also correct me if I'm wrong but normally they are stamped XX, not just X, but the tang is so worn that it may have been.