Thread: Razors I saw today

Yeah, that is a good amount of hone wear. She won't be the prettiest razor but I think it can be corrected by our pros (hopefully) to be used as a shaver. Send it out and see what they say; worst case is you have a razor to practice restoration and a good set of scales. I wouldn't use that blade to practice my honing on, though.

Here's a thread explaining hone wear with some images. Basically we're looking at the giant flat spot on the side of the spine and how it progressively gets larger from heel to toe:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/begin...hone-wear.html

Originally Posted by commiecat

Yeah, that is a good amount of hone wear. She won't be the prettiest razor but I think it can be corrected by our pros (hopefully) to be used as a shaver. Send it out and see what they say; worst case is you have a razor to practice restoration and a good set of scales. I wouldn't use that blade to practice my honing on, though.

Here's a thread explaining hone wear with some images. Basically we're looking at the giant flat spot on the side of the spine and how it progressively gets larger from heel to toe:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/begin...hone-wear.html

aha! I think I might be getting it now.

I also think that I detect a slight difference of opinion in the membership as to what constitutes an acceptable level of hone wear. I'm going to side with commiecat at this point, since A) I already bought the damned thing, and B) it's a first shaver, and definitely not for collecting purposes.

I'll definitely send this out for an expert opinion. Now if I can just pick an expert....

P.S. Thanks for that link! Very helpful

Now that I've done some more reading, I thought I would see if I'm actually understanding what I'm seeing. Does this represent a fair assessment of the problems with this blade?

A couple of additional thoughts:

1 - it is highly probable that this thread should be in a 'beginner's' area, in case a Moderator is lingering...

2 - My dad thinks he has a straight razor somewhere that used to belong to my grandfather. I'm cautiously anticipating this discovery...

Originally Posted by dixonge

aha! I think I might be getting it now.

I also think that I detect a slight difference of opinion in the membership as to what constitutes an acceptable level of hone wear. I'm going to side with commiecat at this point, since A) I already bought the damned thing, and B) it's a first shaver, and definitely not for collecting purposes.

I'll definitely send this out for an expert opinion. Now if I can just pick an expert....

P.S. Thanks for that link! Very helpful

You can see that whoever used the razor previously put more emphasis on the toe when honing, so the razor lost more steel from both the spine (wider flat spot) and the edge, which is now sloped almost like a smile.

I think that someone can fix it so that it'll shave. Check out the member services area and send a few PMs with pictures attached and you should have a few estimates. As to who to select, you can view various members' work in the gallery, or just go with someone geographically close to you.

Originally Posted by commiecat

You can see that whoever used the razor previously put more emphasis on the toe when honing, so the razor lost more steel from both the spine (wider flat spot) and the edge, which is now sloped almost like a smile.

I think that someone can fix it so that it'll shave. Check out the member services area and send a few PMs with pictures attached and you should have a few estimates. As to who to select, you can view various members' work in the gallery, or just go with someone geographically close to you.

Thank you - and done!

wow, very instructive topic! thanks to all contributors.

Originally Posted by mainaman

Pics or it did not happen.

Now that's what I said to Trump,