Thread: Can a zeepk be salvaged?

Those zeepaks would be useful cleaning gunk from the bottom of your shoes. That's about it.

Maybe make an unattractive paperweight out of it?

After browsing on this site for some months and doing research I put my plan in action. I bought a $5 vintage no name for practice and a $15 George W. Korn just to see what kind of edge I might be able to put on it. I think when I'm ready I'll take a plunge toward a new DOVO or TI for actual shaving.

I received my Dovo 5/8" classic black today! I was glad I didn't shave yesterday, as it gave a great opportunity to put it to work on a 2 day face. I know it is recommended that a newbie start out with just the sides and then work up slowly to the more difficult parts, but I went ahead and went for the full Monty. Amazingly, I drew less blood than I do sometimes with a safety razor! For the parts that I still did not quite get very well, I just re-did with the safety razor. All in all, a great first straight razor shave. The first of many! It sure is great to have this forum full of experienced straight razor guys! Thanks!!

Originally Posted by 727dude

I received my Dovo 5/8" classic black today! I was glad I didn't shave yesterday, as it gave a great opportunity to put it to work on a 2 day face. I know it is recommended that a newbie start out with just the sides and then work up slowly to the more difficult parts, but I went ahead and went for the full Monty. Amazingly, I drew less blood than I do sometimes with a safety razor! For the parts that I still did not quite get very well, I just re-did with the safety razor. All in all, a great first straight razor shave. The first of many! It sure is great to have this forum full of experienced straight razor guys! Thanks!!

Greetings, fellow pilot! (I'm a 737 FO). I just did my first straight shave last night. I'm hooked, but I guess it's something we'll have to do when we're not at work; I think the TSA guys wouldn't have much of a sense of humor if we tried to take a straight through security!

They are absolutely useless for everything including learning to hone with because they will never get sharp; thus you will never know if you are doing it right or wrong.

YES!! You can salvage a Zeepk!! Recycle the plastic scales and then scrap the blade and there ya go, its been salvaged!

Originally Posted by FloorPizza

Greetings, fellow pilot! (I'm a 737 FO). I just did my first straight shave last night. I'm hooked, but I guess it's something we'll have to do when we're not at work; I think the TSA guys wouldn't have much of a sense of humor if we tried to take a straight through security!

Greetings fellow 737 pilot! I'm flying the 737 also, now from the left seat. Lost my beloved 727 back in 2001 when my company unceremoniously sent them all to the desert. But the 737 is a good ship too, and I enjoy flying her! Too bad we have to limit our straight razor shaving to our days off. I'm really enjoying it! I just ordered a Norton 4000/8000 water stone to keep it good and sharp.

I agree that the Zeepk is total crrrrrrrrrap! Good point too about not being a good hone practice unit. I used it today to open the box my Dovo came in! That's it...it can be my new box opener! There, see? It can be used for something after all!!

Originally Posted by 727dude

Greetings fellow 737 pilot! I'm flying the 737 also, now from the left seat. Lost my beloved 727 back in 2001 when my company unceremoniously sent them all to the desert. But the 737 is a good ship too, and I enjoy flying her! Too bad we have to limit our straight razor shaving to our days off. I'm really enjoying it! I just ordered a Norton 4000/8000 water stone to keep it good and sharp.

I agree that the Zeepk is total crrrrrrrrrap! Good point too about not being a good hone practice unit. I used it today to open the box my Dovo came in! That's it...it can be my new box opener! There, see? It can be used for something after all!!

The same thing happened to my brother... he was flying right seat in the 727 til 2001, moved to the right seat of the -800, then upgraded to -800 captain three months ago. I'll be flying the 737 until retirement (OK, I'm sure I just gave away my Company ), but I can't imagine flying a finer jet for all those years.

Using the Zeepk to open the Dovo box...LOL, I about blew diet coke out of my nose when I read that.