The Freddy Krueger razor

**Legion** · 03-24-2011, 06:40 AM

Update: I am currently sporting an awesome BBS shave and a great big smile.

The razor performed flawlessly and went through my 2 1/2 day growth like, well, like a newly honed razor.

It was a bit weird for me to use at first. I'm used to much lighter hollow ground razors. But once I got past the sensation of shaving with a meat cleaver it was full steam ahead.

I think I'll use this razor exclusively for a week or two, just to make sure the edge isn't going to go wrong for some reason. But I looked at it under 60x magnification after shaving, and it all looked quite normal. And the shave was nice and smooth all the way through the three passes.

I think we can say the experiment was a success.

**onimaru55** · 03-24-2011, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by Legion

I think we can say the experiment was a success.

And that a lotto ticket for Saturday wouldn't be overly superstitious

Congrats !

**Legion** · 03-24-2011, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by onimaru55

And that a lotto ticket for Saturday wouldn't be overly superstitious

Congrats !

I think the 15 minutes of bread knifing might have helped. God knows, it made making the new bevel a chore.

**onimaru55** · 03-24-2011, 09:26 AM

15 minutes of breadknifing ?

**MickR** · 03-24-2011, 09:39 AM

What did you start with?! A bloody 14/8 razor blade?!

Mick

**Legion** · 03-24-2011, 10:32 AM

Weeeelllll... Maybe a slight exaggeration. But it was a surprisingly long time. And now the side of my 800 hone has some serious furrows. I guess I took off between 1 and 2mm. It was butter knife blunt when I started honing.

**onimaru55** · 03-24-2011, 11:36 PM

There are easier ways that will save gouging your hones. Wet n dri, DMT's, wet grinder or even just free hand on your coarsest hone at about 45º.

**Legion** · 03-25-2011, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by onimaru55

There are easier ways that will save gouging your hones. Wet n dri, DMT's, wet grinder or even just free hand on your coarsest hone at about 45º.

Yeah, I realised I should have been using wet and dry after I had already been going for a while. I just honestly didn't expect it to take so long. Like I said, extra terrestrial steel in this one.

I did use the side of my hone, though, not the face. So no damage done.

**Catrentshaving** · 03-26-2011, 06:40 AM

That looks very cool! Nice work!

**MickR** · 03-28-2011, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by onimaru55

There are easier ways that will save gouging your hones. Wet n dri, DMT's, wet grinder or even just free hand on your coarsest hone at about 45º.

Now you tell him!!!!

Mick

Thread: The Freddy Krueger razor

LinkBack

Thread Tools

Display

The Following User Says Thank You to Legion For This Useful Post:

Posting Permissions