Picked up a nice 6/8 Clauss this weekend. It looked great, no hone wear, no rust, yada yada. The only problem was that it looks like the original owner ran the edge against the sink and put a bunch of jaggies all through the bevel and then tossed it into a drawer for 100 years.

I ran the razor through it's paces starting at 1k until all the jaggies were honed completely out and established a new bevel. Ran through the 3k, 8k, and PHIG stones without problem. HHT test fails (or shows mediocre results). Shave test was...mediocre at best. Several more days of testing and running through the hones have gained me nothing.

Today, I compared the edges of the Clauss against that of a vintage Boker and at 60x they are comparable. However, at 100x, the edges show considerable differences. The Boker is still super clean and smooth throughout the bevel, but the Clauss has nearly microscopic chipping that I can only accredit to it's mediocre shaving results.

Do Clauss owners have any advice? I've got another Clauss that shaves exactly like this one. I don't know...maybe it's unfair to compare the two razors.