Thread: Y/G Escher is as fine as...

Originally Posted by strawinski

I've been thinking, how did they get past a razor sharp? but it is simple.....a coticule and a Escher. and this razor is shap. many still do today. Two hundred years...

The question actually has a different answer and gets very confusing to us now..

First off "They" didn't get the razor sharp, is was sharp when they bought it, many companies relied on their reputation of having a smooth shaving edge from the box...
Most Barber's and everyday men simply "Maintained the edge of the razor, and as we have re-learned today this can be done quite easily with any of those Stones and Hones.. There are many on this forum that have razors that have been shaving smoothly for years that are Maintained with one stone or a Barber's hone..

There is also a lost profession from the old days called a Cutler, who everyone turned to, for actual "Sharpening" they were the ones that fixed blades, much like we have what we call "Honemiesters" now...

We buy blades today that are in terrible shape, and make them back into shavers, that wasn't the case when straight razors were popular, heck it wasn't even the case on this forum 5 years ago.. There were plenty of NOS razors that simply required a quick touch up to be shave ready available on e-Bay for low money..
Now we are basically scrapping the bottom of the supply barrel and it requires way more work to find razors of that Straight..

Straight razor shaving today has changed quite a bit from the past...