Thread: Hart Steel Razors?

Here's the pics. Enjoy!

You can really see the high degree of polish on the blade.

Nice photos...I have never been very happy with the photos I take. The polish is never captured to my satisfaction.

Originally Posted by unit

Nice photos...I have never been very happy with the photos I take. The polish is never captured to my satisfaction.

It wasn't intentional, Unit.

Nice pic of your iphone to

Just a quick question as follow up, and i know its an extremely hard to define thing. But in your opinion was the cost/benefit ratio worth it for this razor over a resto'd older razor to a new custom?

Originally Posted by Hayzee

Just a quick question as follow up, and i know its an extremely hard to define thing. But in your opinion was the cost/benefit ratio worth it for this razor over a resto'd older razor to a new custom?

That's a tough one. The proof is in the shave, and it shaves very well. Unless you find an NOS razor that's never seen the light of day, you're getting a used razor. That doesn't bother me, but I can tell you how many razors I've passed by because they were damaged in some way. Hone wear to the point of tapering the blade, cracked scales, rust, and the list goes on and on. So, is it worth it to me? Yes, it is.

Typical of the Hart I own. I recently bought a Jnat and have had great success with all of the blades I have honed on it. Being that the Hart has always presented problems for me I thought I'd give it a go on the new stone. I started wit a good 8k edge. From here I went to the new stone. To make a long story short, I don't even think I have a bevel any longer. The edge chipped away so much that it did not hold an edge against this stone. Very disappointing. For now I will have to stick with what seems to work with this one - a softer stone (Naniwai 12k) and if need be a pasted strop. I've honed about ten razors on this new stone and this is the first fail. It's not an easy one to hone.

Wow, OCD, sorry to hear that. As it happens, I just honed a Hart on a jnat a little while ago and ended up with a terrific, smooth edge. There are just so many variables in play here - the particular razor's steel, heat treatment, stone, slurry, techinque, phase of the moon, etc. that it's hard to figure out what's happening.

As Glenn recently remarked, natural stones seem to have personalities and sometimes they just don't play nice with our temperments but figuring them out is part of the fun. Synthetics are more predictable and almost always faster but we often seem to get smoother edges from the nats. Instead of the SRP logo, the forum razors should be engraved with "YMMV".


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OCD - Wondering how old your Hart is, does it have Jimps and have you ever contacted Hart about the chipping?

One of my "razor exchange buds" purchased a used Hart, had a problem similar to the one you describe. He contacted Hart, they replaced the razor with an exchange. After getting a chance to try the replacement I became a fan and now have three.