Thread: Takeda Club

You are missing the fact that the razor is probably going to get dull by the n-th member, for example. And that people might just dull it with stropping on the first try.

Also - while this razor might shave great, we have discussed variations between same model, etc. razors - so it is not guaranteed that the next razor (that you will want to buy after testing this one) will be as great. Of course, it may be even better than the one that was tested - this is the ideal scenario

Also - if we have 20 members or so - some will have to wait for months! I know where I want to be in the evaluation turns

I am sure other things are missing too but this is off the top of my head

Having said this - I'd pay some $ to try one such razor. ($35 is ~ fine, $60 will be too much maybe)

Cheers
Ivo

And some of us would find an excuse to hone it :-)

Originally Posted by mparker762

And some of us would find an excuse to hone it :-)

I'd gladly have it after you hone it, Michael

Now, would I be able to dull it enough to try honing it myself before I pass it along?

Cheers
Ivo

Well you know, specks of dust can look like microchips under the microscope, and you can't send the razor on to the next guy with microchips in it can you? Not after he's paid all that money to join the club. So you're really doing him a favor...

i am still in. this sounds like it would work. one concern that i have is that there are some people that arent experienced at honing (that would be me ) but would still really like to get in on this. so one suggestion i have is for the line up- after a non-honing person make sure it goes to an experience honester just in case. or just exclude newbies like me until we get our act together and learn how to hone .

another thought on a razor is of course a williams or a chandler...

cheer and thanks for heading this up!
ryan

On the honing question: Given the hardness of the damascus steel and its edge holding qualities that I've heard so much about how often would it need to be honed?

Every time it's dropped.

Other questions:

1. Should we lower the amount of time each member keeps it to 3 or 4 days? That would reduce the total amount of time it took to get through all the members, obviously. I just want to make sure everyone gets an ample opportunity to try it.

2. Dulling by stropping: I think we'd want each member to be at least competent in stropping so as to not dull it. I don't know now to regulate that however.

3. # of Members/Time: That's going to be a big tradeoff. Part of the reason to do this is to make it as inexpensive as possible to try these really expensive razors. Maybe Lynn could see his way clear to give us the brother in law discount?

Potential Members So Far
JonEdangerousli
Izlat
mparker762
inawe

Originally Posted by mparker762

Every time it's dropped.

That would fall under the "Potential Issues" category of damage

We'd need to see how many qualified honemeisters we had in the club and possibly alter our schedule to rotate it to one next after the damage occured.

That being said, I have been shaving with my various razors since March and have been careful not to drop any of them. I'd imagine I'd be doubly careful with the club's.

/going to use an old razor I don't mind dropping next time since I said that

Originally Posted by Jonedangerousli

That would reduce the total amount of time it took to get through all the members, obviously.

The time-in-transit remains constant at 2-3 days, so this doesn't help very much.