Thread: Boker Turtle Shell 6/8

i bought a Turtle shell Boker 6/8 received it and stropped it and it did not shave well so i bought a King 1000/6000 stone and watched some of Lynn's video's upon setting the angle of the blade i noticed the blade angle was fat in the center of the blade and narrow at the ends and was fine on the opposite side i tilted the blade up and sighted down the blade and noticed the blade has a slight bend to it. called the people i bought it from and got the "we just sell them you have to send it back to Boker" speel so my question is did i just take a bath on this or is Boker good to work with on this ?. thx, Mauserhouser

Welcome to SRP. Once you hone it you own it. Forget Boker. Show us a pic and we'll tell you what the deal is. Blade open, just both sides will do. Sounds like a frown may be started but it might not be too far gone. You can always send it to a pro honer found in member services here. Member Services - Straight Razor Place Classifieds

Send it out , unless you've been honing successfully for a while ,, then your blade may be saved, from the sound of it you just got started, if can be fixed by a pro your well ahead , it's a good razor. Tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Send it out , unless you've been honing successfully for a while ,, then your blade may be saved, from the sound of it you just got started, if can be fixed by a pro your well ahead , it's a good razor. Tc

I'd second this. First you learn to lather, strop, shave and maintain, before you start the other stuff.

Once you do get it honed professionally, I would recommend getting a barbers hone (when the time comes) since its easier to use. The technique is the same as normal honing, you just don't need to think about what grit/ finisher.

Absolutely send it to a pro to fix. Also, that progression of 1000 to 6000 is too big a jump and the 6000 would not give you a nice enough finish to shave with in my oppinion.

Trying to learn how to hone AND shave at the same time is a recipe for disaster for someone new at both. I can virtually guarantee there will not be a happy ending.

mauserhouser welcome to SRP. Plus one on all the great advice you have received from the members. Send it out and let an experienced hone mister fix it for you. Purchase an inexpensive SR to learn and practice your honing skills.

When in doubt, send it out! Good call.


Mike

I've had two of the new Boker 6/8 tortoise and they both had manufacturing defects where the honing angle was only 15 degrees. It was butter knife dull from the factory. Returned it and the second one was the same! Decided to keep it. Honed it using 3 layers of tape. I must say, its an amazing shaver and the steel is just as good as their vintage razors. The high demand may be affecting their quality control. You may want to check the geometry on this one. Their new King Cutter was perfect, and is also a great shaver.

Yeah, i have been playing with the honing and spent more than i care to admit on stones and strops etc. so far and bought some junkers to play with and so far have had excellent success. i have in the past built some knives and i have been a Custom Rifle builder for the past 15 years and have quite a bit of exp. in metal finishing i am no Razor Smith though, but i can do better metal work better than 90% of these folks restoring blades i wouldn't let them touch anything i was going to blue most washout or bleed the lettering on everything they touch. if and when the blade comes back from Boker i may just send it to Lynn and have it done properly from the start, which is always sound advise. thx for the advise and glad to be here. this razor thing is a sickness like collecting firearms i have been playing with this for a little over a month and i have 8 razors so far i may have to go to a 12 step program like razors anonymous before it's all over with.

i will add one thing though i find it very disturbing that a razor mfg will build a blade and sell it knowing that the purchaser will have to spend more $$$ on shipping and honing to be satisfied with their investment. i do not build a custom rifle and expect the Customer to have to send it to another Smith to have the rifle chambered so he can use it. just saying !!!!!!!