Thread: rigarazor

Originally Posted by dan656

This may shed some light on the steel used if, indeed, R100 is the same as 52100 - "52100 A ball-bearing steel, and as such is only used by forgers. It is similar to 5160 (though it has around 1% carbon vs. 5160 ~.60%), but holds an edge better. It is less tough than 5160 however. It is used often for hunting knives and other knives where the user is willing to trade off a little of 5160's toughness for better edge holding."

So it holds a better edge than 5160...sharper razor? (maybe a newb question, but I don't mind since I AM a newb) With proper stropping and the occasional touch up with Chromium Ox, these seem to be a quality razor. It is a little difficult to tell in the pictures, but what kind of grind did yours come with? They look very similar across most of his razors... Thanks for the review!!

Originally Posted by Dagwoodz

So it holds a better edge than 5160...sharper razor? (maybe a newb question, but I don't mind since I AM a newb) With proper stropping and the occasional touch up with Chromium Ox, these seem to be a quality razor. It is a little difficult to tell in the pictures, but what kind of grind did yours come with? They look very similar across most of his razors... Thanks for the review!!

The bit about the steel was lifted from a knife making site and I thought it could be extrapolated to razors to, at lest, indicate that it is a strong steel that holds an edge. I'm not confident in naming grinds so guessing 1/4 to 1/2 hollow?

Mine showed up in the mail today. Came fast and well packaged. It's seem to be very well honed (trimmed the tree tops). Here are some pics of the razor.

Ok so I had my shave with this new blade. I'M NOT IMPRESSED. I shaved the right side of my face, wow it was smooth. Did under my jaw and I'm feeling a bit of tugging. Doing the left side of my face and we are missing patches. Cut myself (it's been a long time since that happened). F-This! Pulled out my Tally-ho and finished the job.
Yeah it popped tree tops but couldn't deal with a week of growth.
Bad edges happen. I will contact seller and see if he stands behind his product.
At this point I will not recommend.

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

Ok so I had my shave with this new blade. I'M NOT IMPRESSED. I shaved the right side of my face, wow it was smooth. Did under my jaw and I'm feeling a bit of tugging. Doing the left side of my face and we are missing patches. Cut myself (it's been a long time since that happened). F-This! Pulled out my Tally-ho and finished the job.
Yeah it popped tree tops but couldn't deal with a week of growth.
Bad edges happen. I will contact seller and see if he stands behind his product.
At this point I will not recommend.

Could it be that it needs to be honed? I mean was it advertised as shave ready? Even if it was that is a subjective thing. What is shave ready to you might not be shave ready to me. I would shave with a Dovo right out of the box.

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

Ok so I had my shave with this new blade. I'M NOT IMPRESSED. I shaved the right side of my face, wow it was smooth. Did under my jaw and I'm feeling a bit of tugging. Doing the left side of my face and we are missing patches. Cut myself (it's been a long time since that happened). F-This! Pulled out my Tally-ho and finished the job.
Yeah it popped tree tops but couldn't deal with a week of growth.
Bad edges happen. I will contact seller and see if he stands behind his product.
At this point I will not recommend.

I would always strop a razor I just got even if it was sold as shave ready. If that didn't fix I would do a light hone on either my Coti or 16K Shapton. Now that is just me & what I would do.

Slawman

Originally Posted by Slawman

I would always strop a razor I just got even if it was sold as shave ready. If that didn't fix I would do a light hone on either my Coti or 16K Shapton. Now that is just me & what I would do.

Slawman

Just got a note from Sergej of RigaRazor, I had asked him about refreshing the razor with tape or no tape, how many layers etc.,....he told me exactly what he does, and included a new roll of the exact tape he uses....can't wait to have a shave with this one.

And agreed, if the edge isn't my, "shave ready", nothing that can't be remedied fairly quickly.

As Tom Petty says....the waiting is the hardest part...

Originally Posted by Phrank

Just got a note from Sergej of RigaRazor, I had asked him about refreshing the razor with tape or no tape, how many layers etc.,....he told me exactly what he does, and included a new roll of the exact tape he uses....can't wait to have a shave with this one.

And agreed, if the edge isn't my, "shave ready", nothing that can't be remedied fairly quickly.

As Tom Petty says....the waiting is the hardest part...

That's some good customer service there. I like to think if I ran a business I'd be the same, but everybody that knows me knows I'm not a people person.

Originally Posted by Slawman

I would always strop a razor I just got even if it was sold as shave ready. If that didn't fix I would do a light hone on either my Coti or 16K Shapton. Now that is just me & what I would do.

Slawman

But from a sellers standpoint, MY policy, is once you have altered the razor, you no longer have any right to complain about it. If i sell a razor as shave ready, it means I have shaved with it, and gotten a smooth and comfortable shave. I always ship with a note requesting that the first shave be done without stropping, as that has already been done before hand. If you shave with it, and dont feel its shave ready, you can always return it. But once you have put it on the stones, you have altered the razor. How can I take it back to examine it for a problem if you have changed it from how I sold it? I have never had a razor returned for not being shave ready, but I have bought a few razors from people who were quitting straights because they could not get good shaves, only to discover rolled edges from bad stropping.
Or do you hone them up simply because you know what you like, and have no intention of returning a blade?

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

Mine showed up in the mail today. Came fast and well packaged. It's seem to be very well honed (trimmed the tree tops). Here are some pics of the razor.

Are the two sides as asymmetrical as they appear to be in this photo? The two spines do not appear to be opposite each other.

It's a shame to put so much effort into a razor and then blow it on the "wedge."