Thread: Chromium oxide spray .5 micron

Hi guys,

I just purchased a TI razor that will not come shave ready, it has the factory edge, my question is the following: Should a chromium oxide spray (.5 micron) on the strop will to do the work? or I have to send the razor to a pro or use stones?

Thanks,

If you have the crox give it a try. Just remember that crox needs its own dedicated strop. Once you put it on it is on forever. If you only have one strop and you have the crox you can get some basal wood from a craft store and put the spray on that.

If not and you don't have any hones best bet is to send it out.

HoracioAR,

It would depend how far off the edge is; the C135 steel used in recent TI blades is very hard.

+1 on giving it a go; it is part of the fun with straights experimenting with stuff like this

You could try doing 10 laps with the CrOx and assess, then repeat until you get a good result or give up !

I had a C135 TI half-hollow that I tried 150 laps on 0.5 micron CrOx on a hard leather paddle by way of experiment, and that didn't do much to the edge

Had to go the the hones with that one.

Good luck !

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

I have no (some, a little anyway) opinion as to a TI as far as the croxox is concerned. Simply speaking, I don;t think you can go wrong ever with the croox. I also go one step further, and use the diamond .25 (I think so, to the best of my recollection) spray on a homemade [bench] strop. And I will say this, it's a fantastic set-up. It's maybe even too sharp a set-up at times; it tends to go "below" skin level sharpness - and I know, because I'm on a very high dose of coumadin for heart valve replacement that even the slightest scratch causes a lot of blood. But, from my understanding, any TI should come very sharp and if not, a similar arrangement will work well for a lifetime. I can tell you from experience, I have basically have a "barrel" full of razors (not really, thank God or my significant other would kill me) and at the end of the day I use regularly only two or three.

There are lot's of variances in factory edges. Not too long ago, Straight razors called Filarmonics's hit the market with a vengance. They are from Spain. These were NOS (New Old Stock) meaning they're old blades that never sold "back in they day" basically. Out of the box, these razors were beyond shave ready. Now, I'm not saying yours will be this sharp, but test it. It may not be that bad. I bought a few Dovo's new, not too long ago, that really didn't need much at all. This is rare, but it happens.

If you have no experience shaving with a straight razor, you may not know if they're shave ready or not. There's a learning curve involved with straights, and lot's of new guys think they're razors are not shave ready, when in fact they are....So, Best of luck to you...keep us posted.

Ok, thanks for your help, I'll keep you posted once I get the razor and try it