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Lehmans Theirs-Izzard 6/8 razor sale
Hat tip to this link for mentioning the razor sale: https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/...azor-sale.html
I bought one of these $99.00 Theirs-Izzards 6/8 razors. Who could resist the price? I already own three others and I think they are excellent modern production razors.
So now I have it. How to hone / finish it? Shapton Glass 30k? Arkansas True Hard? Coticule, or Zulu Gray? Oh the dilemma. Then I remembered a thread here where the poster was talking about his use of the Belgian Blue Whetstone. I thought, why not.
The factory edge wasn’t all there. I broke out my Shapton Glass stones and 1k 2k 4K 8k and the bevel was set and edge well polished. I laid down about 300 strokes on the BBW going from slurry to clear water to just past dry. Stropped it out on my Kanayamma 80000 and good to go.
The BBW has a reputation for being a mid-range stone. So I was a bit concerned about the edge being keen enough. I was most delightfully surprised. The shave was indeed keen, but especially smooth. A great shave. I going to keep the BBW edge on this razor.
Here are some pictures.
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Traditional TI tang stamp.
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A bit different reverse side tang stamp. I’m used to seeing a C-135 mention, but not the blade size (6/8), or this word ACIER. What is “ACIER”?
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