View Poll Results: Have you ever noticibly worn down a razor under "normal*" usage?
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12-06-2009, 03:01 AM #7
I've not used one individual razor on a regular enough basis to say. OTOH, I have a razor that I got from a barber who used it for decades..... among others. It has some hone wear but it is still real good. I am at work and will post a photo ASAP. He is long gone but I do know that he honed his razors on a coticule and touched up on a Swaty from time to time.
What I did do when I decided to hone without tape on a regular basis ... a couple of months ago ... was take a NOS Solingen razor and measure the spine with a micrometer. Not the blade angle but the thickness of the spine.
I did a bevel set with a 1k and then a pyramid as in Lynn's method in the Wiki. All with Naniwa superstones. I got the razor shave ready and then measured it again and there was no difference in the measurement afterwards. Of course over time there would be and not everyone's hand is the same but that is what went down with that one.Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.