Thread: Jerry stark razors

Agreed... i can get a easy to shave hairs off my arms edge with 15deg per side... not so easy to do with 8 deg per side...so am surely still folding edges over...

Late to the party. I bought one and have about 50 shaves on it. Reminds me of the old big Le Grelots shave wise. Easy to hone and keeps an edge. Whether they are aesthetically your thing is YMMV

I have used this Jerry Stark razor for 5 weeks now and just love it. It is in D2, 7/8 wide and has a very functional and comfortable non slip G10 handle (especially for my large hands).

I have been shaving for almost 50 years, and my all time favorite razors have been a Joseph Elliot 7/8 hollow, and a Joseph Rodgers and Sons 7/8 smiley face wedge. But, this D2 keeps a great edge for a much longer time than either of those, and it gives a very comfortable and reliable shave. It took some work to touch up the edge to get to HHT 4/5, but once there, it has kept that level of sharpness for a very ling time, much longer than any other razor that I ever used from any source (over a dozen SR8s, including the modern Feather straight, and a dozen of the highest rated Double edge safety razor blades.)

This Stark razor is so good that I am going to be selling several others that I no longer need, and if I buy another straight, it will be another Jerry Stark. What more can I say than that?

Originally Posted by emef2506

Are there any thoughts on Jerry Stark razors?

Nice to hear from actual users. That's a good looking razor

On his site it says he will buy it back for what you paid if you don't like it. That's a hell of a statement. May be worth a look.

One would not expect D2 to make good razor steel... interesting...

I had some concerns about the D2 as well. Only very few D2 knives that I had from many makers in the past were able to take and keep the kind of edge that makes me giggle (a Queen Trapper was one of those few.) But, based on the reviews, I decided to give it a try. It does work just fine. Must be Jerry's particular cyro and heat-treat that does the trick.

Wid posted: "Nice to hear from actual users. That's a good looking razor."

Thanks Wid. Jerry let me custom order just what I wanted in blade style handle material. The combo works really well.

Well there are the carbides that are larger than the edge width we are reportedly after... and the retained austenite that can get out of hand which is important for thin edges, he might be ising the particle metallurgical version of d2 which might help, or he is just using it at a hardness where you dont get carbide tearout... either way he knows his stuff if he can get a razor edge from d2

I know at first I posted I saw nothing that tickled my fancy of JS razors. Well, I take that back for I found and am ordering one of his razors in a Micarta scale material. I contacted Jerry direct about his razors and like those here have said, he stands behind them. I am going to take a plunge and see what happens.

Will post up when it gets here and after the first shave to give initial impressions. I will update as well as to how it holds an edge overall but that will be sometime of course.