Thread: The great experiment

I had to look twice at that williams and put a ruler to my screen but I think it's just the camera angle.
Makes it look a little 'humpy' for sure.
Eagle eye Tom!!
But a nice blade Harold. Love the aggressively deep jimps!

I gently placed the spine and the edge on a steel ruler and they're straight. It was just the camera angle and some wonky sun reflection through a venetian blind, I think.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

I had to look twice at that williams and put a ruler to my screen but I think it's just the camera angle.
Makes it look a little 'humpy' for sure.
Eagle eye Tom!!
But a nice blade Harold. Love the aggressively deep jimps!

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

I gently placed the spine and the edge on a steel ruler and they're straight. It was just the camera angle and some wonky sun reflection through a venetian blind, I think.

Yeah, that and my crooked eyesight!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yeah, that and my crooked eyesight!

i have a few products of your eyesight, & I don't think it's crooked. Would you like to put a smile on the Williams, which would make it a real custom. That one is an "off the shelf" custom.

TBH, I feel it is quite possible, Harold. Measuring with micrometer directly above the bevel tells-all. To get an even bevel, lots of work is sometimes required, Sometimes, an uneven bevel suffices wonderfully.

This razor seems to have quite a wide bevel. If the spine is straight-ground, it may work?

Sorry, I've been under the weather and just laying around feeling lousy. I'll jump in tomorrow when I'm hopefully feeling better and we can discuss. I didn't figure you'd answer seriously

Why wouldn't I, Harold? Seriously?
Hope you get to feeling better!

OK guys, back on my feet and in the groove although not feeling 100%, but my 90 is better than most people's 100....except Outback (who appears to be the Energizer bunny).

Since I last posted here I skipped two days of shaves except one day with a DE to go to church. My tip from that one is anyone who would like my Gillette Black super Platinum Blades send me your address via PM. They suck on my face/beard, even in my favorite DE.

Beginning back with a SR yesterday and again today I used the ivory scaled Joseph Elliott's "Best Silver Steel". It is a beauty, and as Tom remarked last time I used it it is very similar to one of mine (via Tom) that is an Ivory W&B about the same dimensions Both are fairly heavy grinds for their size (6/8), and both smile -- my favorite trait in a blade.



Again I got great shaves..2 in a row. Yesterday was almost a 2 day beard because of the DE fiasco of the day before (got me through church, but that's all). The Elliott plowed right through my beard, humming along with that sound you only get from a heavy grind -- not singing, more like humming. Today again a DFS. At 67, I long ago gave up the hunt for BBS, and refuse to go ATG anywhere except the lower end of my chin. But got a solid 2 pass shave that was as good as I've ever gotten. This blade hangs in my top 3 of the seven day rotation (so far).

Tom -- The Williams is headed your way for you to try and look over so I can hear what you think about it. I may pack a few other things with it for your use and review. Don't stand by the mailbox yet, though...I live at the far side of nowhere USPS-wise.

Nice, solid wedge, that one! I always thought the balance was spot-on. The spine-treatment is pretty cool as well!
As you had previously spoken about your affinity for the Wade and Butcher, I figure you may like that one!

Seems that Wade and Butcher took you a while to master, Harold, so that Elliott was likely easy!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Nice, solid wedge, that one! I always thought the balance was spot-on. The spine-treatment is pretty cool as well!
As you had previously spoken about your affinity for the Wade and Butcher, I figure you may like that one!

Seems that Wade and Butcher took you a while to master, Harold, so that Elliott was likely easy!

I am a slow learner, and sometimes learn something three or four times before it stays learned. My issue is I look at the size of the blade and ignore the grind, THEN, when "someone" says if it's a wedge, give it some more angle, it works. You'll remember my learning curve on the W&B as well as a few others. On one you actually said, "Didn't I tell you that?" :banged:

I'm the same with a large (wide) full hollow like the big Filarmonica. I figure, it's big, large angle....doesn't work. Close it down some and whaddya know! Every blade has a personality and its "needs"....I'm beginning to get it, but it's only been since July 2013