A new found fondness for Friodurs
For about the last month or so I have been getting my closest shaves to date - with a couple of 7/8 Friodurs, both of which I honed, myself, mano-a-hono. They are reasonably recent acquistions (bad RAD, don't you know), one from Jim at Vintage Blades and one from John at The Shaving Shop, so this makes them the recently renamed new-grinds - not regrinds.:gaah:
At any rate, I credit our own MParkerxxx for some of my success: his emphasis on stropping, particularly with linen, seems to have kicked the Friodurs over the mythical "edge" to wonderfully fine sharpness.
I suppose I should try the same routine with some other razors, particularly a couple Le Grelots, but I'm not sure I want to get out of my comforable rut. Good ruts are hard to find and all too often under-appreciated.
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