Thread: Is it me or my new blade?

Originally Posted by zib

Good razors are not cheap, and cheap razors are not good.

Right on , Zib ! It's a shame that they are allowed to call these things razors . They are not razors . They look like razors , but the steel and heat treat are far short of what is needed for a functional razor .

Oh look a soap box!

Those are pretty poor razors, you can ask an Admin to change your user name too if you want.

As you mentioned you didn't spend much, so not much loss on that one.

Buy a real razor and start over again.

Never, never, never use a "chop-chop" method with a real straight. I don't have any idea what that is, but keep your face and no "chop-chop", okay?

Now, soap box in place.

Its never a question of "is it you or the razor", you are always responsible for both. So, to answer your question, its still you. So, choose a good blade and learn how to use it (to include honing and stropping). But, its not really the razors fault, even though you'd be better off with a spoon.

Okay, down from my soap box.

Originally Posted by USA1

So its not me!?

Are you guys saying that this came to me not sharp enough and its probably not worth trying to sharpen it further?

Its sad but oh so true!

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

you'd be better off with a spoon.

*stares at a spork*
*stares at the forge*
*stares the sharpening stones*

Chop Chop is baaaaddd! Sorry about the razor It sucks to get robbed. I have to tell you I have purchased some very nice shave-ready razors from the classifieds here. I've never been sorry. SRP has a hoard of straight shaving information that will take you away from chop chop and on to smooth BBS shaving glorious goodness.

I like what I see on razor designs. I will try and find something there and with the 10% off DOVO sale I will probably go with that brand.