View Poll Results: Satin or Mirror
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Always Mirror
36 49.32% -
Mirror on Carbon Steel
16 21.92% -
Mirror on Stainless
4 5.48% -
Always Satin
17 23.29%
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Thread: Mirror Or Satin
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04-29-2008, 09:31 PM #1Knife & Razor Maker
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Mirror Or Satin
Which do you guys prefer?
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04-29-2008, 09:32 PM #2Senior Member
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I'll go with mirror!
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04-29-2008, 09:39 PM #3There is no charge for Awesomeness
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There's no option for satin on mirror Joe. What's up with that?
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04-29-2008, 09:48 PM #4The Mok
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Mirror is really nice. In fact, for a show piece I would pick it. However, I don't own or plan on owning strictly show pieces. I like a good shaver, but I hate to risk the condition to shave with it. I am getting one of the Le Grelots from B&B in a mirror finish, but I will more than likely ruin the mirror finish in fairly short order.
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04-29-2008, 11:07 PM #5Knife & Razor Maker
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Not sure what satin on mirror is. That being said, the poll only gave me 4 options.
Originally Posted by Jimbo
I've always been tempted to do a satin finish on some of the stainless razors. Carbon really needs a bright finish to help with corrosion resistance. Satin always seemed unfinished to me. A satin finish is very easy to achieve, while a mirror takes a ton of extra work (particularly with carbon steel).Last edited by Joe Chandler; 04-29-2008 at 11:13 PM.
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04-29-2008, 11:11 PM #6
I tend to do mirror finishes unless the blade is so pitted I don't want to take off that much steel. In that case I'll do a satin finish that doesn't show the pits as much.
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04-29-2008, 11:31 PM #7Senior Member
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Brushed,or satin,but most people ask me for mirror
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04-29-2008, 11:34 PM #8JAS eTea, LLC
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I like both but the satin is probably more utilitarian for an everyday shaver.
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04-29-2008, 11:44 PM #9Natty Boh
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Mirror finish for me . Although I think it would be a good idea to offer a satin finish option at a lower price . That way someone who doesn't have alot of money , could buy a custom razor for a little less money . I might be interested in a 7/8 wedge , spike point , extra long monkey tail , satin finish SS , with "plain jane" scales , at a more "affordable" price
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04-30-2008, 12:04 AM #10Senior Member
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Mirror or patina, never satin.
Mirror looks exquisitely pristine and refined.
Patina looks well used and sagacious.
Satin looks unfinished and mass produced.
I let almost all of my carbon steel tools age naturally (not just razors). If I don't clean it well enough on one occasion, it shows, and I am more careful the next time around. The tool ends up telling the story of it's service life to one degree or another and I end up taking extremely good care of the tools that I have respect for.
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