My Tenacity Pays Off !!!

[pfries]

I grabbed one of the razors out of small pile I collected via eBay and vintage shops for practicing yesterday.

It is an E.E. Dyer from High Falls NY (I have not found anything in my Google searches about them),

I had to put this one down a time or three, the steel is really hard, it did not want have a bevel set on it.

To top it off it has a very slight warp of about .01” near the toe (yes I poked under it with my feeler gauges).

I just would not give up; I finally had to shut my eyes to get rid of any feedback other than sound and feel.

A few strokes and corrections to the stroke and pressure and off we were to try again.

It took awhile but it took the bevel, so off we were for the remaining progression.

After I figured out what this blade wanted and how it wanted it WOW.

It took a screaming edge.


Any way when I shaved today I only did WTG pass on the left side of my face so I would have something to shave test with if I figured this one out.

So after the finish stropping I took it to the skin... butter, smooth, no drag.

It did not feel like I was touching my face. So when I finished I tried a round of the HHT just to see.

This blade is dropping the hair silent, and slicing it with a slight pop if I turn the hair around and angle toward the tip.

If this bad boy holds an edge look out, I may have just found a new favorite, and I will be looking for more U.S. Steel.

Thanks for reading

Pat