Thread: Hello from Brandon, Fl

Using multiple soaps can slow you down to getting a good shave, but once you get a great lather from one then you know what to shoot for with the other soaps. So learn one of them, get it perfect, and then move onto the others.

For strops, SRD has hanging strops and paddles with replacement parts. This is good because most likely you will ruin your first strop (or three in my case). Most people use the hanging strop, but some prefer the paddle strop. I use both - hanging strop at home and a paddle strop when I'm away.

Here is a close up of one razor that was to be the practice one. Can you tell me if it is worth trying to save? I only paid $12 for it and that included shipping. I tried to take as close of pics as I could. I left it high quality and put on my dropbox so you can zoom in on the pic. I think you have to download them to do it though.

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Oh and it looks to be a full wedge so there is metal to work with i think.

It has a lot of hone wear and it looks like the bevel has some pitting in it, but it looks like it will be a nice blade after a good hone. You can put tape on the spine to help with the hone wear and a 1000 grit hone will probably be enough to clean the edge up.

That is a near wedge. A true wedge the entire side would be in contact with the hone. Taping the spine is a good idea. It will make for a smaller bevel meaning less work and will save further spine wear. Good luck

Originally Posted by criswilson10

It has a lot of hone wear and it looks like the bevel has some pitting in it, but it looks like it will be a nice blade after a good hone. You can put tape on the spine to help with the hone wear and a 1000 grit hone will probably be enough to clean the edge up.

Yea it had some pitting. I managed to get most of it out yesterday. I went slow on it and it took a good 4-5 hours sanding by hand. I am ordering stones today. My arm started hurting and I had to stop but the pitting is almost all gone. I am going to the auto shop also to get more sand paper as I used the little I had on hand.

With all the sanding and polishing, it did manage to cut hair with ease and that surprised me. I am really good at sanding though as I have repainted my cars myself and had to do a lot of hand sanding. I think it came in handy for this project.

Now for the bevel, do you think it needs a bread-knife done and a reset? It has a small smile to it as well.

You don't want to bread knife a smiling blade as it will remove the smile. Bread knifing is for chip removal not just setting the bevel. With a smiling blade it may also be required to use a rocking stroke. Using a sharpie on the bevel will help make sure that you are getting it all.