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    Question Sharpeners Anyone?

    What do we think of this, or this one? I'm at a complete loss myself. Can anyone shed some light on these instruments?

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    X-man, I think the first item is a penis enlarger and the second is for erotic asphyxiation, IMHO.

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    The first is a blade aligner for those who don't know how to strop correctly. I have no idea what the second thing is.

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    The second item is for sharpening double edge razor blades. The blade is placed in the lower section, over two pegs. The pegs are off center on rotating spindles. The contraption is closed and the string is pulled back and forth to rotate the spindles thus moving the blade against the hone on both sides.

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    Interesting. I don't know if I'd ever bother to sharpen a double edged blade, of course, but it's neat to see all the various shaving gadgets that people once thought up.

    We need a 21st Century Equivalent. Some sort of honing robot. For those of us who don't like to hone, that is. I know some of you would never give it up. (Or would always insist you could get a keener edge! )

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    Quote Originally Posted by JerseyLawyer
    We need a 21st Century Equivalent. Some sort of honing robot.
    HONING NANOBOTS THAT LIVE IN THE BARBICIDE!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JerseyLawyer
    Interesting. I don't know if I'd ever bother to sharpen a double edged blade
    The early DE razors were not the flimsy film of steel we are familiar with today. They were quite thick, almost like the blade of a modern utility kinves. You can still find a few on ebay here and there... but they were intended to "touched up" and not as disposable as we know them to be today. That why there are so many stropping and sharpening "gizmos" out there for the DE blades.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kelly
    The early DE razors were not the flimsy film of steel we are familiar with today. They were quite thick, almost like the blade of a modern utility kinves. You can still find a few on ebay here and there... but they were intended to "touched up" and not as disposable as we know them to be today. That why there are so many stropping and sharpening "gizmos" out there for the DE blades.
    Is the Razor Blade Hone that Tilly sells meant to touch-up a modern blade? I actually bought one to play with it, since it's only $5.00.

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    The two biggest differences in DE blades from then and now is quality of steel and thickness.
    Todays blades are not meant to be resharpened, there for they can use a lesser quality (read:cheaper) steel. The blades are sharpened by means of a lazer, which produces an incredible edge but one could never recreate that edge by hand.

    Depending on the steel, it might just work well enough to get a couple more shaves out of a blade.. you'll have to run the test for us

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kelly
    The two biggest differences in DE blades from then and now is quality of steel and thickness.
    Todays blades are not meant to be resharpened, there for they can use a lesser quality (read:cheaper) steel. The blades are sharpened by means of a lazer, which produces an incredible edge but one could never recreate that edge by hand.

    Depending on the steel, it might just work well enough to get a couple more shaves out of a blade.. you'll have to run the test for us
    Yeah, that's what I thought. I'll have to look at the edge after I play with it before I take it to my face though.

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