Thread: Now why did this work???

So, I picked up this razor of the bay and the blade didn't appear to be in terrible shape. So, I foolishly destroyed the scales with the best of intentions to make my own new ones, which is a different story all together.

I spent WEEKS trying to reset the bevel on this blade. I could never get it to do very much more that coarsely shave my arm hair, I wouldn't even attempt to touch it to my face. I tried every stone/hone I had (Naniwa 220,1k,5k, and a coticule) with unimpressive results.

I've been reading ALOT of honing info and I saw a few people taping the razor spines and figured it wouldn't have all that much affect on my blade for no particular reason.

So tonight, out of pure frustration I stuck some tape on the blade and worked it on the coticule for less than 30 mins. All of a sudden, it was swiping arm hair off really well. So I took it to the strop and did 25 pasted linen, and 100 bare leather and took it for a test drive.

Even with no face prep, and no scales on the razor it seemed to shave my cheek very smoothly? I was perplexed and immediately took some pictures of the blade to get some feedback from the knowledgeable community here.

On another note, if you happen to know anything about this blade, that info would be much appreciated. I cant find any info anywhere.