Thread: "SPECIAL " RUSSIAN RAZOR

This is SRP member MODINE'S RAZOR.
i have not touch to it . it is basically new blade and has been honed to shave ready level by Mike.
it is so ready that i wanted to cut my arm hair for sharpness but it cut my skin.
Mike said it was PITA TO hone this blade and he has used almost every single hone no his position to get this blade to shave ready.
I tried to day 60 laps on an escher and escher did 000 work none.
Anyway he liked so much he wants another one.
In fact i do really love how they shave. They may doesn't look like fancy but really some special steel
this is the pictures and instructions inside box.
Thank you Mike for sharing with SRP members.

Thank you for taking this picture and posting for me Sham, this is an unusual steel and difficult to hone. I was hoping if could also post the Cyrillic instructions that were hidden in the razors case. Others might find that interesting. BTW This is a beautiful shaver.
Mike

In my opinion about everything that Soviet made for export was excellent quality. I have some experience not only from razors but optics as well.
What they made for their domestic market was 'not so good quality'.

You might want to set a Geiger counter next to it and see what happens

That razor is as ugly as sin dipped in misery. Send it to me and I will dispose of it properly.

I am sorry Mike . i don't know how i miss the last picture. this is it.
i am sure better translators on srp and they will do better job then me.
This will help future srp members. i don't wanna mess up everything.
it says OCOBOYA MEANS SPECIAL.
SECOND RAZOR SAYS FREEDOM.

Sham,
it says the same thing as the razor you posted a few weeks ago, I'd suspect it was standardized note that went with all razors from that factory or may be all Russian razors in general.

As before my favorite point #9
"Do not give the razor to an inexperienced sharpener."

All instructions from one factory are the same.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...t-razor-2.html

It's very interesting how we don't know alot about the "Iron Curtain" stuff. Like where they sourced their best steel? Is it better than swedish steel? How do their processes differ, etc...?

AfterShaver;

I was wondering the same thing if the Russian steel was some sort of re-cycled or reclaimed steel. I am not a metallurgist but it would seem that this Russian steel has a higher chromium and or vanadium content. This would make it more like“stain-less” steel. It behaved better on my Charnley Forest hone than on any of my J-nats to approach finish. However my CF is not my final finisher.
The only other razor I have had a challenge honing is a Tamahagane steel Iwasaki kamisori. And that could be partly because of the blade profile. I can only assume the Russians do no go through the same painstaking process of creating a bloom of steel like the Japanese Tamahagane. Whatever the composition of the Russian steel is, it is very tough stuff. It should hold an edge a loooong time.
Mike