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Recently I picked up an inexpensive Fromm straight razor at Sally's Beaty Supply. I loved it an for Christmas wanted to get a nicer razor off ebay. I bought a Zeepk kit that came with a razor, brush, soap, and stropp. I noticed that was on the razor to avoid list and was wonder if that is why I'm having a hard time getting it sharp with the stropp.
Will this kit be alright to use for the time being?
The Fromm should hone up well with stones. The Zeepk kit is garbage all 'round. Sorry you got burned on that one.
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sorry to have to say this but that razor would only be good as a letter opener and even then would be over priced. its a real piece of junk.
it's not neccesarily junk. you can heat treat the Zeepk yourself and get the steel hard and be able to take a good edge just like any razor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc
Sorry to disagree but its been tried here and even heat treating IF you had the knowledge and equipment to do it properly have had no positive results that I have ever heard of. Better to find a good used razor in the classifieds and start from there.
in that case, then the zeepk really is junk. why do they even sell them at all? and so many of them everywhere, even on eBoy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc
Is the strop worth holding on to? The brush and stand are nice so at least I have those. I guess I'll head over to the classifieds.
I was looking around on here and a couple other sites for the basics. So now I need a razor and a hone and maybe a strop. I don't want to go overboard yet so will I be able to get just a 4k/8k wet stone combo? Is there a website you recommend that I could get just these three items?
Try getting a pre-honed Dubl Duck. Can't go wrong with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by chemist330
For people who don't know any better. Just like everything else in the world that is poor quality, but high quantity. Think disposable razors :)Quote:
Originally Posted by cotdt
Hey,X-Man where's yer avatar?
oh no not a zeepk :gthyou cant go wrong in the classifieds, if it says shave ready it will be. consider getting a starter kit it has everything your zjunk kit had except it actually does what it is supposed to do. dubl ducks are great razors like cotdt said but you can start out with a lot cheaper razor that will shave just as good :gl:
I would talk to Kenrup he has some decent starter razors. you don't have to have a hone just yet. most of the honemiesters here will throw in a free rehone if a new guy messes up his edge on the strop, so just get a good prehoned razor and get use to maintaing the edge on a strop then you may want to pick up a good barbers hone to maintain the edge. then Read Everything you can on taking care and proper honing technic at that point you might concider aset of hones.
If you check the wiki, The Zeepk, it's one of the razors to avoid....
yes try amazon, they have a kit that has 220/1000 grit,and 4000/8000 grit with flatening stone and plastic cases included for $119 bucks delivered....heres the link
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...X0DER&v=glance
that looks like a pretty good deal :hmmm:Quote:
Originally Posted by alex2363
Hey thanks for the info guys. For now I'm going to stick with my Fromm. I'm moving into a new place, (packing up today actually) so hopefully in a month I'll have a little more time to check stuff out and pick up a razor off the classifieds. There are a couple old school barber shops where I'm moving too. I'm going to talk to some of those guys and see if they want to sell a hone or offer some pointers.
Thanks for the tips.
the only hone you really need is the DMT D8EE for bevel-setting (diamond cuts very fast and yet fine-grained) and the Chinese 12k for the sharpening. Then finish on chromium oxide.
Yes, I mentioned that if the bevel is already set, all you will ever need is a pasted strop. A hone is only necessary for setting the bevel. Feel free to disagree but this has been my experience. And I'm flattered that you've been following me around and keeping track of all of my posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL