Thread: Shumate razor. Worth buying?

Originally Posted by dave5225

Either one will do . Get a razor with a good edge.

Unless severe corrosion is evident, the edge does not have to be "good," as honing will make it good.

Originally Posted by dave5225

You don't want ANY chips . Even a tiny chip will require hours of honing , to correct.

That's just plain not true.

Originally Posted by dave5225

A blade that has a crack in it , is beyond any repair .

I can almost completely agree with this, but I do have several razors with cracks that honed up and shave just fine. As long as the blade doesn't scratch the strop, it's unlikely to scratch your face. However, many would disagree with me about this and believe that no razor is worth the risk to your face.

Originally Posted by dave5225

You don't want a blade with a "frown" . A "frowning" blade will require hours and hours of honing to correct , and if or when you are finished , there won't be much of a spine left on the razor .

Again, not true. As with chips, the right tools and techniques can allow for the quick correction of a frown. It takes minutes, not hours. Regarding the spine, there is no need to remove any steel from the spine during the removal of the frown unless the spine needs to be corrected.

+1 to what Utopian is saying. The right tools and the right skill set 'shaves' a lot of time off the work. For me, some steels take a bit longer than others. I have honed out some chips in quick time and honed some good edges that seemed to take forever. I remember a Geneva and a few Reynolds that fit that bill. Since then my skills have improved (I think) and I have a few more hones to throw at the problem razors. When we're just starting out in honing, frowns and chips can be a real PITA. After we get some time and razors under our belt we'll still come across a few but the will be fewer and further between.

Well , you guys can have them . I can only speak from my own experience .