Thread: Questions about extra hollow and a little about strops

I own several of the Boker Super Steels. They are listed as 6/8 but they seem to measure closer to 13/16. Although extra hollow ground , they don't seem to me as delicately ground as vintage EHG razors, the grind seems thicker, more robust. Its true that beginners must be very careful with this blade as the nature of the Extra hollow ground seems to mean it delivers sharpness and with this razor cuts can seem to come out of nowhere because it does hone up very sharp.

When I saw Lynn and another very knowledgeable vendor sing the praises of this modestly priced razor it made me think there must be something to this razor and some of my shaves with it have been exceptionally good, very close and smooth.

This is just speculation but the issue with this razor and the reason some may not love its shave is because its steel is very hard and it may take a bit more honing know how to get the potential of its edge but once achieved the right edge on this razor makes me say " that's it, right there". lol

I have never used a RA so can't compare them.

Thanks everyone for your input on the razors, I've been learning quite a bit about razors, honing and lots of other things because of this community... I actually did t realize that so many people had put in their thoughts on this... How do you guys check your notifications when people reply to a thread you made? I usually go to my profile then my activity...... Actually now that I'm putting thought into that I'm only looking at what I've done and not others hahaha which explains why I missed these responses...

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

Thanks everyone for your input on the razors, I've been learning quite a bit about razors, honing and lots of other things because of this community... I actually did t realize that so many people had put in their thoughts on this... How do you guys check your notifications when people reply to a thread you made? I usually go to my profile then my activity...... Actually now that I'm putting thought into that I'm only looking at what I've done and not others hahaha which explains why I missed these responses...

You should be getting notifications for each thread you post in but if not, I think there is a box to check if you want to be notified via email. Don't quote me on that. I have seen a box somewhere but it might have been on a different site also.

Hep I have email notifactions now thanks!