Bringing the HHT to its knees

[ace]

I have been trying to get some razors Shave Ready for over a week now with little success. I have also been trying to get a razor, any razor, to pass the HHT. The ones I done have all failed, of course, because they won't even shave. But some I have from some various honemeisters don't pass the HHT either.

However, NOW ALL MY PROBLEMS ARE SOLVED!!!

I just bought one off Ebay that is not only Shave Ready, but is also
advertised as passing the HHT with ease. So, now I finally have a
standard to judge all my other razors by and can live comfortably
in the satisfaction that I may have (soon anyway) perhaps the
absolute SHARPEST STRAIGHT RAZOR on the planet, perhaps in the
whole galaxy and maybe even beyond that (I haven't been off the
planet myself, except for once when I, oh, never mind).

[Slartibartfast]

Link to new razor?

HHT is one of those subjective test you need to figure out. Razors will react differently to different hair.

I have found most shave ready hollow ground razors react a certain way to my wifes hair when I try the HHT. On the other hand, I can make a razor pass the hht off of a DMT. YMMV.

[hoglahoo]

congratulations on the problem-solving power of your faith in the promises in the ad. May your newly purchased razor fulfill them on arrival

[maineeagle]

I worked on some ebay razors and was thrilled when I honed a whole set (7) that passed the HHT. The thrill left when the first one I used was giving such a lousy shave that I picked another. That one gave a great shave. I finally get what the senior members on here mean when they say the HHT isn't the be-all and end-all of testing a razor. Only the shave counts. I'm sure, though, that your new razor will give an excellent shave! Let us know.

[zib]

People put too much stock in the HHT, Shaving is the true test. Don't get hung up spliting hairs.....Learn how to judge the blade with the TPT, after a while, you'll know what a shave ready blade feels like...

[Hogrider]

I worked on some ebay razors and was thrilled when I honed a whole set (7) that passed the HHT. The thrill left when the first one I used was giving such a lousy shave that I picked another. That one gave a great shave. I finally get what the senior members on here mean when they say the HHT isn't the be-all and end-all of testing a razor. Only the shave counts. I'm sure, though, that your new razor will give an excellent shave! Let us know.

+1 on that...when I hone any razor in my rotation, I set the bevel and test it by shaving arm hair; if the blade pops arm hair, I go to the next step and polish the edge, strop and shave. HOG

[ace]

Link to new razor?

HHT is one of those subjective test you need to figure out. Razors will react differently to different hair.

I have found most shave ready hollow ground razors react a certain way to my wifes hair when I try the HHT. On the other hand, I can make a razor pass the hht off of a DMT. YMMV.

Here's the link, if I got it right.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=1206753 94001&si=Q4fUBiJEa4jZaXLzRZO2Ram7RFQ%253D&viewitem =&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT

[Danricgro]

The HHT is useless for me. I shave my head and the only hair I have access to is from my wife and stepdaughter and I have never been able to get it to pass the HHT with any blade I have. That includes pro honed and the ones I have done. Never passed, not once! I use the TPT and body hair shaving to tell me when to shave test.

[JimmyHAD]

The HHT is useless for me. I shave my head and the only hair I have access to is from my wife and stepdaughter and I have never been able to get it to pass the HHT with any blade I have. That includes pro honed and the ones I have done. Never passed, not once! I use the TPT and body hair shaving to tell me when to shave test.

I've never shaved my own head but I've shaved the back and sides of more than one customer's head to tattoo them. I can guarantee that a razor that will successfully head shave is shave ready indeed regardless of the HHT. IME the hair on the sides and back of the head is more dense and tougher than any whisker.

[LarryAndro]

... I just bought one off Ebay that is not only Shave Ready, but is also advertised as passing the HHT with ease....

If I tried to sell a knife, and claimed that it would slice like a laser through rope, you would rightly think it was a misleading claim. What type of rope... hemp, nylon, mylar? One inch thick? Rope, like used for tying ships to docks?

To make claims about a razor passing the HHT with ease, you have to know what type hair. And, that is impossible! And, if the seller was saying that it passed the HHT with ease, speaking of his hair, then that is also a useless claim when applied to your hair.

His hair might be thin nylon, and your hair might be tough mylar!