Thread: Modified Gold Dollar

Try a micro bevel with an extra layer of Kapton tape on 1um film.

Years ago, Mark Richmond, CNTG made some razors from extra material from his knives. I think it was VG10, (there have been a few generations) it worked well on his Richmond Artiflex knives, but the razors micro chipped so badly that he stopped making them shortly after debuting them.

It was a good looking razor, well ground, nice and wide, about 1 inch and very hard. I bought a couple and was able to get a good edge, after taking it to .03um film from a 12k stone progression, jointing the edge and adding a micro-bevel on 1um with paper.

This was also a good solution to a chip free edge on the old Hart razor that were notorious for micro chipping.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Try a micro bevel with an extra layer of Kapton tape on 1um film.

Years ago, Mark Richmond, CNTG made some razors from extra material from his knives. I think it was VG10, (there have been a few generations) it worked well on his Richmond Artiflex knives, but the razors micro chipped so badly that he stopped making them shortly after debuting them.

It was a good looking razor, well ground, nice and wide, about 1 inch and very hard. I bought a couple and was able to get a good edge, after taking it to .03um film from a 12k stone progression, jointing the edge and adding a micro-bevel on 1um with paper.

This was also a good solution to a chip free edge on the old Hart razor that were notorious for micro chipping.

That sounds like a good suggestion, and if the bevel angle was more in the normal range I would have tried a compound bevel. But it is pretty thick. AND there are cracks, which I didn't detect the first time around. But I agree, a chippy razor sometimes performs pretty decently if you finish with a microbevel.

Anyway, I tossed it yesterday. Blade = no good. Scales = no good. And today was trash day. I put the ACRO on fleabay and I will probably shave a couple more times with the ACRM-2 before it, too, suffers the same fate.

I never tried a Hart. Too many things, including the price, I didn't like about it.

LOL the film over paper! Before I picked up the diamond on balsa habit, I used to do that a lot. I sent a Hibbart Spencer Clark Frary whatever hardware store razor finished that way to a hardcore natural stone zealot and he said no way was that a film edge LOL! It is a game changer, that's for sure.