Exactly, you are so right.
Charlie
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Just as long as everyone understands I'm not selling my Regeldso at any price, no sireee. :medvl:
Gettem Charlie!! I love it. :jedi:
I'm thinking of bringing out a line of razors myself. I'll knock apart a bunch of ball bearings and weld the balls together - fold 'em and weld 'em, etc. a bunch of times and mix a little wootz in for good measure. Then I'll forge the blanks to near perfect shape so a minimal amount of grinding will be needed and bathe them in boiling lead to get just the perfect hardness - preferably a Rockwell 62.63 to 63.64 for honing that is a bit challenging, but when honemeisterly honed, the edge will do baby's butts for months and months.
The scales will be carved from hand sawn lumber taken from branches selected by a Sierra Club forester who pruned them from a 319 year old virgin white oak tree in Earl Weyerhauser's back yard.
The size? A perfect 13/16 with a .2439 thick spine. The finish: lustrous matte.
I have yet to assign a price to these units, but figure that for something as pedestrian as a razor they should go for between about 17 and 23 bucks, depending a lot on how much platinum I alloy into the rivet stock. I know it seems like a lot, but I need a sandwich at least every other day and the tent could use a couple of patches.
Think they'll fly?
Must have missed it.
Someone brought up the Chronik review to support his argument that Chris Moss is sufficiently luminous that his evaluation of the Hart was sufficient, and as I was involved in that review I figured I might be qualified to rebut that point. Sorry I inconvenienced you, but there aren't a whole lot of other guys on this forum that meets the requirement of direct experience with that review in order to have standing to comment.
And don't forget that Hart Steel is "an American Razor and Cutlery Company." It's entirely possible that their business plan revolves around the cutlery part and "oh, by the way, we can go to market very quickly with a straight razor" as sauce for the goose.
Disclaimer: Once again I am merely speculating.
You're not planning on using that cheesy superglue finish on the scales are you? Cause that's just cheesy. At that price point a razor's scales should have hand-rubbed lacquer at least an eighth inch thick. Rubbed by virgins with their bare thighs, preferably. :rofl2:
Just make sure the virgins who do the work with their bare thighs, stamp their initials on the tang. If there's a problem with the thigh rubbing on my scales, I want to know who the hell did it, and complain personally. :rant: Otherwise I'll take my dollars elsewhere. :)
I also mentioned, when I talked to my wife, that my birthday was coming up and that she says I am notoriously hard to buy for?
I also printed up classic shaving's page on the Hart Razor and left it out for her with Classic Shaving's phone number on it? I also printed up the page with the Zowada 6/8 damascus with Ebony scales.
It's always good to give them a choice.