Thread: Fastest progression possible

Originally Posted by Hacker7

Did you get the 1000 razors?

Sadly no. Cell rot got to most of them and all but maybe three were pretty well trashed. The worst part is probably half where dubl duck. [emoji26] he wanted 6000 and he just had them piled in a box with no real ventilation for what he said was 15 years.

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Originally Posted by aaron1234

Sadly no. Cell rot got to most of them and all but maybe three were pretty well trashed. The worst part is probably half where dubl duck. [emoji26] he wanted 6000 and he just had them piled in a box with no real ventilation for what he said was 15 years.

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I Really Really Really wish you had taken a Pic of them..

You have no idea how many arguments went on in the past about Cell Rot being contagious and or Spreading through out Razor collections

Originally Posted by aaron1234

Sadly no. Cell rot got to most of them and all but maybe three were pretty well trashed. The worst part is probably half where dubl duck. [emoji26] he wanted 6000 and he just had them piled in a box with no real ventilation for what he said was 15 years.

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He should be brought up on criminal charges. No respect for straights,what kind of world do we live in.

Double Ducks are notorious for cell rot.

A few months ago, I meet with a guy who bought a warehouse of vintage Barber Supplies, it had been pretty picked over and he want me to restore hundreds of NOS, Double Ducks, boxed and wrapped in the tissue. They were all cell rotted, most completely eaten and all had cell rot in various stages of decay on the blades. He wanted to restore, as many as possible. He also wanted to do it, as inexpensively as possible…

It was way more of a project than I wanted to get involved with. It would have been a long and frustrating, full time job.

I know what you mean Euclid, I am tired of people making $$ off my back while they sit and do nothing.

Heres goes a can a worms, fastest progession is a dmt coarse -> coticule with slurry and dilute until you use just water. Strop and shave. So lets hear it boys, I know this is gonna piss some people off.

“Fastest” is not always, or usually Best, or recommended.

A lot depends on the honer. I know guys, that do something very similar, and/or, use other unconventional means. But, they have tons of experience honing razors and know their tools and limitations, very well.

Hell, I don’t recommend new stroppers and honers, emulate most thing Mastro Livi does, with stones and strops, but surely do not deny, that he can produce a fine edge and that his methods work… for him.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

“Fastest” is not always, or usually Best, or recommended.

A lot depends on the honer. I know guys, that do something very similar, and/or, use other unconventional means. But, they have tons of experience honing razors and know their tools and limitations, very well.

Hell, I don’t recommend new stroppers and honers, emulate most thing Mastro Livi does, with stones and strops, but surely do not deny, that he can produce a fine edge and that his methods work… for him.

Nice post Euclid440. I once stropped a razor on an 8" looseleaf buff . That was fast

Originally Posted by Memorael

Heres goes a can a worms, fastest progession is a dmt coarse -> coticule with slurry and dilute until you use just water. Strop and shave. So lets hear it boys, I know this is gonna piss some people off.

It didn't PO me. Sometimes things aren't what we think, especially in the microscopic world, or, more accurately the electronmicroscopic world. After contemplating the images on scienceofsharp and comparing to my own experience, namely, the DMT-E 1200 eats steel a lot faster than the DMT-C 325, I have experimented with this as well.

Apparently the larger diamonds of the -C don't dig in as deep, their scratches are wide but shallow. I have now completed >10 junkers from start to finish using only 2 stones, the -C to repair and set bevel, then any of the above mentioned to finish.

This assumes a well broken in -C, and light to no pressure at the end, then straight to the finisher of choice.

SHIELDS UP.

Originally Posted by Memorael

Heres goes a can a worms, fastest progession is a dmt coarse -> coticule with slurry and dilute until you use just water. Strop and shave. So lets hear it boys, I know this is gonna piss some people off.

Originally Posted by KenG

It didn't PO me. Sometimes things aren't what we think, especially in the microscopic world, or, more accurately the electronmicroscopic world. After contemplating the images on scienceofsharp and comparing to my own experience, namely, the DMT-E 1200 eats steel a lot faster than the DMT-C 325, I have experimented with this as well.

Apparently the larger diamonds of the -C don't dig in as deep, their scratches are wide but shallow. I have now completed >10 junkers from start to finish using only 2 stones, the -C to repair and set bevel, then any of the above mentioned to finish.

This assumes a well broken in -C, and light to no pressure at the end, then straight to the finisher of choice.

SHIELDS UP.

There was a guy on here that swore by using a 1 inch belt grinder too,,, At a certain point in time we can only point you toward the proved path that works for the majority of people..

Some people insist on taking their own path.... I don't have to shave with those edges you do

So a Belt Grinder is Fastest by far, but really not a popular choice,,, But hey ..... It works Right ????