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Those razors, has anyone shaved, or honed them yet???
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Those razors, has anyone shaved, or honed them yet???
Never heard of them. Why dont ya buy one and send it to me. ;)
I have two on the way here to be honed, but had never even heard hide nor hair of them before Kelly...
Old Yahoo group thread says TI made
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Beat me to it, but when this was a yahoo forum some years back, I picked up a TI from them. (Price was ALOT less back then.) Recently had it honed by Lynn and IMO, it's a wonderful blade.
hey i thought they went bankrupt to make the way for bailing out everybody else :p
as far as i know they are just TI. at one point their prices were a bit outdated but i think they've corrected that.
^^^
duh should've read the rest of the posts - you already found previous reference about them
From the description:
Impressive...the boiling point of lead is 3180 °FQuote:
After being hand forged, each blade is plunged into boiling lead
From the Lehman's website:
I think TI claims "lead hardening", and I haven't seen any other maker that does.Quote:
After being hand forged, each blade is plunged into boiling lead, then quenched in water and sharpened. Blades stay sharp longer and will last a lifetime. Made in France.
Now, "boiling lead" tells me that somebody doesn't know anything about metallurgy. "Melted lead" I could believe.
Charles
Yes, Lead tempering/hardening is a TI thing. They were the only
place with the permits to do it according to some literature a couple
of years back. And yes molten not boiling...
Steel in molten lead is not in contact with air, effectively avoiding decarburization.
Google finds lots of modern references to the use of lead.
Ivan beat me to it..! :D
Clearly Dick Fuld has moved on from banking into razor forging...
I've not heard the name but I'm interested to hear what you think of them Glen!