Thread: Is Chromium Oxide every 3 or 6 shaves too much?

It depends on who you ask


Myself if I were you I would ask the guy in the Mirror when you are using the razor, his opinion is really the only one that counts...

Glen - I did enjoy following your past experiment with diamond spray which concluded that it does not round out an edge. That's what got me thinking about the frequent use of Chromium Oxide.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by TheLegalRazor

Glen - I did enjoy following your past experiment with diamond spray which concluded that it does not round out an edge. That's what got me thinking about the frequent use of Chromium Oxide.

Thanks.

I was going to link that thread to you earlier, I was really trying to destroy that edge, I was expecting some type of failure, but was surprised with smooth close shaves for either 70+ or 90+ shaves and finally gave up from boredom.. Glad you had already found it

It depend on what you like but you did say "even if it doesn't seem to need it?". Most people just hit an edge when there is a drop in performance and being able to determine that take experience. You may need a bit of a keener razor because of your beard, I know that I do. If you really like that "just honed" kinda shave that would change things but Chromium comes in at 0.5 microns which is 40 to 60K grit. There may well be other finer pastes that may suit you better.

Changing over to a finer paste would change things a bit. I use 0.1 micron CBN and I would think that the question of removing metal would be a mute point considering that the grit rating comes in at 160,000. If I am wrong I appreciate the correction. I use it every 3 or 4 shaves on felt for about 10 laps depending on the razor and that keeps my razor going for about three months of great shaves.


Take Care,
Richard

As Richard says .1 CBN is great stuff,you are not going to do much damage with it.For me 15 strokes on a latigo Loom brings an edge right back to perfect.

Just a thought. But now a days razor hones aren't as popular as they perhaps once were but they may be a great option to consider for your case. They put little or no wear on your blade but freshen it nicely. 5 laps on a razor that was tugging and pulling can make all the difference. Try it out if you haven't already.

John

We're talking about wearing out razors here, but what razor are we talking about? Are we talking about something common like a dovo special? If so, I wouldn't worry about it at all, do whatever it takes to make your shave comfortable - if you're not that experienced, eventually you will stretch use of the chromium oxide further apart.

If you are, and you're using a common razor, I still wouldn't worry about it. It will take years and years to turn the razor into something that doesn't shave any longer, and you'll have had all of those years of good shaving.

If you're using an ultra rare razor, then maybe you want to add another more expendable razor in until you can stretch it. My shaves a year ago were such that I was touching up the razor once per week. Now I schedule to do it once per month (only bare leather between touch ups), and I just wrapped up 2 months of leather only (horse leather) without touching an abrasive - I think I could probably have gone another two months, but I just wanted a fresh edge. It was still a decent shave. For me, the key to stretching the razor out between abrasive sessions was getting the right leather (some finally worn in horse butt instead of cowhide, though I'm sure there are good settled in cowhide strops that would be fine, I just don't have one).

I use a rare razor, I wouldn't care about stretching it out if I didn't.

Given the 50K grit of CRox, I don't think dulling the blade is going to happen with the application of light and well applied strokes on whatever medium the CRox is put on.
If you have a slopy technique then you will dull the edge, or round the edge, no matter what type of spray you use.

IMHO, That is.

tinkersd or SRP!