Thread: Howdy gentlemen! A question about sharpness...

This thread just popped up recently and I think it is one of the best written by a beginner for beginners...

http://straightrazorpalace.com/shavi...n-apology.html


As to sharpness and comparing sharpness,,, Razors need to get down into the .50 micron level to start cutting beards.. Some are capable of slightly sharper edges than others but you are talking somewhere in the .40 -.50 micron differences here..

As Stu and Oz already pointed out the real difference in the DE vs SR edges is the finish, to get that same feel to a SR edge you have to learn to strop correctly...

There are SR's that are capable of getting as sharp if not sharper then a DE but everything has to come together right...Also those few 100ths of micron you really can't feel anyway...