Thread: Joe Chandler wootz steel wedge issues

When I first came to SRP there were a group of members whose hobby it was to simonize their bevels. They weren't happy if there was a scratch pattern discernible. They would post about it and new guys, like myself, were misled to think that if the bevel didn't shine like a new dime it wasn't "there." Fortunately for me I bought some shave ready razors honed by Lynn and others. First thing I did, following the shave, was to put them under the eye loupe and the microscope. Plenty of scratch pattern on all ...... and it was more than a few razors. Long story short, get it to shave well and forget about the polished look. TBH nowadays once I know there are no chips I don't look at the bevel any closer than the naked eye. YMMV. Just IMHO.