Originally Posted by
dylandog
X, do you also have the 7/8 from CS?
I remember a while back reading about yet another SRP member having a hard time with one of these.
I have about a half-dozen of the vintage 14s (8/8). I love them. Two of them have been honed by Chandler and the others by me. One of the reasons I like them so much is because I've found them easy to hone – and I'll freely admit that I'm a pretty mediocre honer. The ones honed by Joe just seem to keep their edge indefinitely. In that respect they're a world apart from my other razors (a TI wedge, a Wacker 1/4 hollow, a W/B 1/4 hollow) – which need refreshes every 5 shaves or so (I have a very wiry beard).
So this is pretty puzzling to me. I wonder if there's a difference between the vintage Fillies and the newer ones sold by CS.