Thread: Zulu Grey vs. Greek Vermio on Identical Torreys

Both of the razors could use a heel correction. The tortoise scaled razor is wider at the heel than the toe and the spine at the heel shows that it is not making full contact, and riding the stabilizer, keeping the spine off the stone, which is why the heel is wider. It could be the photo, but it also looks like the middle has a slight frown from the excess pressure.

A slight heel correction will move the corner well forward and get all the edge evenly on the stone.

The Black Peral razor shows heavy wear on the spine, stabilizer and tang. The heel is narrower than the toe, and lots of spine wear due to extra pressure trying to get the heel flat on the stone. The stabilizer is keeping the edge off the stone until the stabilizer is ground down. Even then the edge will wear faster than the stabilizer and can lead to an uneven edge.

Here again heel correction will allow the edge to lay flat on the hone, make honing much easier and may affect the results of your comparison.

Nice scale design and execution.

Not a fan of the Vermio and have not spent enough time with the ZG to prefer one over the other. My SG20 gets very little use and only occasionally, simply as a finisher of only 3-4 finish laps. Preferred finishers are Jnats and Black or Translucent Arks from a 1,4,8 progression.