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09-30-2006, 03:19 AM #6
I think the bottom line here is that as a general rule the bevel width does not effect the shaving ability of a razor. I have some razors with really tiny bevels and they give great shaves and I have razors with huge bevels that give equally great shaves and I have wide and narrow beveled razors that both give crummy shaves (or did when I got them). The only constant I've found is that if I get an Eboy special in a typical 6/8s or 5/8s razor and it doesn't respond to conservative honing and it has a narrow bevel I will try and enlarge that bevel abit and that is what it usually takes to get it into shape. On the other hand if I get an Eboy special that already has a wide bevel and it doesn't shave very well it is rare that conservative honing doesn't bring it back into shape.
So what am I saying here. I think that if a razor shaves well with a narrow bevel thats fine but if it doesn't then widening the bevel is usually the medicine it needs. Clear as mud?No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero