Thread: Bringing the HHT to its knees

Originally Posted by ace

Wait a second! Are you telling me that I can't believe everything I read on Ebay? Are you saying that some of the sellers would overstate the quality their merchandise or charge more than its worth. Say it ain't so! Does this mean that I may not have the sharpest straight razor in the world on its way to lay the whiskers on my face asunder? Oh, the humanity!

It will either deliver the goods or it won't, HHT aside.

Ace, was your first post serious or sarcastic? What about the one Jimmy quoted?

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.

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

Uggh, not again...dead horse, dead horse!

Originally Posted by avatar1999

Uggh, not again...dead horse, dead horse!

Originally Posted by 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.

+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

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

Ace, was your first post serious or sarcastic? What about the one Jimmy quoted?

First of all, if my post that Jimmy quoted seemed sarcastic I meant no disrespect by it. I meant it to be funny, but on second reading I'm not
particularly impressed with it. I should have added a smiley to make myself clear, and I apologize for that.

The original post was meant to be funny as well. The irony of that one
is that I in fact did purchase the razor, not because I was convinced that it would arrive in HHT shape, but because I just wanted to see for myself. I figured either it would pass the test and I could shave with it, or I would have a new razor to attack with my meager honing skills. I'm out of "beaters" at the moment and have no other access to them.

If I stepped on any toes, I didn't mean to. I value SRP and would still be hacking away with a Pro Fusion if not for this forum. You can delete the whole thread if you wish, and I'll consider it a lesson learned.

Hey Ace, just IMHO, good that you resurrected the dead horse. The volume of new guys who come here daily, not to mention those new guys that lurk, need to see the truth about the HHT. New threads on it make sure that those folks get some perspective on it too.

A razor with an unsmooth edge that has a lot of groves in it from honing on harsh stones can pass a HHT with ease too because of the "Teeth" on the edge. That doesn't mean the razor is shave ready.