Thread: Having a fun time with a Dorko 7 day set

First off, an entire weeks worth of work on these, getting them restored for our very own mbaglio here at SRP
As I told Michael I truly believe that 90% of the problems on these razors were caused by the fact that when they left the factory, they did so without bearing washers...
This caused some extra stress with the center pin spacer, which in turn helped with the warping that occurred, then I really believe that the minor rusting that was on the tangs would not have been that bad if they had not been resting right against the scales...
Needless to say we polished the blades and straightened all the scales, popped and replaced all 21 pins so they all match again I even took so time to re-glue the box nice and tight...








So now why is this in the Honing section instead of the Workshop ????

Well good question, so let Michael and I explain

Instead of having me hone all of these identically, which is the norm, I am going to hone each one different....

We will have

Naniwa SS 12k
Shapton GS 30k
Select Coticule
Blue/Green Escher
Nakayama Midori
Thuringen
PHIG

Of course I will have the key as to which is honed on what stone and Michael will just be doing some test shaving...

Another fun test,

Keep in mind this doesn't prove anything other than we like to have a bit of fun on SRP, some people tend to put a wee bit to much weight into these...

Nice work, and cool test. I'll be looking forward to the "blind test" results!

Beautiful set. Interesting test for the end user too. I have one of those Starratt hammers with the magnifying glass built in. Great for making sure I'm using the correct drill bit or tap.

Wow! Talk about luxury! Great work on a beautiful set!

Thats a gorgeous set of razors. Michael, you are a lucky person.

And honing each one different....what a great set of experiences. Wow!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

First off, an entire weeks worth of work on these, getting them restored for our very own mbaglio here at SRP
As I told Michael I truly believe that 90% of the problems on these razors were caused by the fact that when they left the factory, they did so without bearing washers...
This caused some extra stress with the center pin spacer, which in turn helped with the warping that occurred, then I really believe that the minor rusting that was on the tangs would not have been that bad if they had not been resting right against the scales...
Needless to say we polished the blades and straightened all the scales, popped and replaced all 21 pins so they all match again I even took so time to re-glue the box nice and tight...

!! !!

I'm starting a petition to get you to repost this in the workshop forum so's you can 'splain how your most useful tool in straightening the scales was made by... REVLON.

So now why is this in the Honing section instead of the Workshop ????

Well good question, so let Michael and I explain

Instead of having me hone all of these identically, which is the norm, I am going to hone each one different....

We will have

Naniwa SS 12k
Shapton GS 30k
Select Coticule
Blue/Green Escher
Nakayama Midori
Thuringen
PHIG

Of course I will have the key as to which is honed on what stone and Michael will just be doing some test shaving...

This was just to rare an opportunity to pass up. I had to fight off the voice in my head- (you know, the one with the heavy Scots brogue)- who's been yelling:

"Nae, DON'T DO IT Laddie! That way be dragons, 'n ye canna' return from the depths of the aah-beeeesss!!!"

So, I'm kinda hoping I like the PHIG best. I have of those, and I'd hate to have to start lurking in the rockhounds forum to feed some new addiction... (But I s'pose I better start being really nice to Jimmy just in case...)

Glen, I'd just like to say, (at this point in time), "Thanks!"

I love these blind honing experiments.... so much in fact that I'm the new owner or RayG's 4 day Mappin set that Glen worked on last year (not to mention the fact that I always wanted a M & W)

I love the set, the scales are great looking, and the experiment is a great idea. I tried the same thing with two identical razors honed by Dylan needless to say with 50% chance I still was wrong guessing which razor was honed by which stone so the owner has quite a challenge ahead of himself. It's also great because it helps relieve the boredom of identical razors as it gives them a slightly different feeling.

Nice work, as usual. Great idea on the honing.


Richard

Originally Posted by mbaglio100

!! So, I'm kinda hoping I like the PHIG best. I have of those, and I'd hate to have to start lurking in the rockhounds forum to feed some new addiction... (But I s'pose I better start being really nice to Jimmy just in case...)

Glen, I'd just like to say, (at this point in time), "Thanks!"

Whoops That's right you do have one of those and you know how to use it, I shaved the one you sent all honed up with it

OK we gotta stay fair here, no getting to shave a stone your're used too already, Muhahahaha.... Scratch one PHIG add one Charnley Forest