Thread: Are there any 2" blades with a spike point at both ends?

Originally Posted by sidneykidney

Sounds like you are describing DE blades to me dude

Well... longer than a DE, without the corners nipped off, with some weight, a spine, a honeable edge with a bit more rigidity, and a folding handle . yes, pretty much.

Originally Posted by Quick

Well... longer than a DE, without the corners nipped off, with some weight, a spine, a honeable edge with a bit more rigidity, and a folding handle . yes, pretty much.

I could make one out of an old blade! Or even make one from scratch... but I'm not taking orders yet!

Can you give us a pic or diagram of what you're thinking of?

If I may ask, why would you want a spike point heel? When you shave, do you shave with passes that are always perpendicular to your face rather than leading with the heel?

Chris L

I've been wondering about a double spike myself. A short blade might look something like this below. The shoulder would have to be quite slanted from the spine to give a spike at the heel. My concern with this is that it would be considerably easier to nick your thumb on the heel spike.

I suspect his is a job for the custom razor makers here.

X

I hadn't thought about the thumb but I would think it would be a lot easier to knick your face with a 2" or even longer blade with a spike at both ends.

Originally Posted by JimmyH-AD

I hadn't thought about the thumb but I would think it would be a lot easier to knick your face with a 2" or even longer blade with a spike at both ends.

Give it a big smile and it should be safer on your face. That doesn't change the thumb.

X

Originally Posted by Chris L

If I may ask, why would you want a spike point heel? When you shave, do you shave with passes that are always perpendicular to your face rather than leading with the heel?

Almost invariably. Only if there's some desperate situation do I take a diagonal. I have sideburns that come straight down to my jawline and meet my 1" - 1.5" wide beard that runs down my jawline into my goatee. Sideburn to beard corner is almost 90*. Same at the goatee. All the lines are straight edge straight (except the top of the goatee under my lip and the top line of my mustache) and the corners sharp. If I'm doing my right cheek I need a point at the toe to do the sideburn/beard corner and a point at the heel to do the goatee/beard corner. It's about 2-3/4" from front edge of sideburn to back edge of the mustache part of my goatee. Using only the toe of the razor to do the detail work on the corners means that I have to use the other hand across my face to get the toe pointing forward for the goatee/beard corner. If I had points on both the toe and heel I could do one side of my face without changing hands (I can do it, but it's a bit awkward and inconvenient to change hands and reach across my face). Then with a 2-7/8" to 3" edge it means that I have to lift either the toe or the heel off my face enough to clear the sideburn or the goatee when doing the top line of my beard. I can do that too but it would be easier working with a shorter edge. So.... I just thought it would be worth a shot trying something like a short blade with points at the toe and heel. I figured there would be a couple of models like that out there.