Thread: Getting Rough Rider Black Widow s"shave ready"?

That im thinking of doin myself maybe custom handle

Shall we tell him about RAD. I have been using a straight a whopping 3 months and I started out with a $40 kit. I still have the brush (that is coming apart in the center) and some soap. I wish I would have landed here in my research first. You sound determined that this will work and I was too. Now, I will never go back. I my short trip so far I have learned to take everything slow. Think it through. While shaving and when buying. You will see that when you can shave without thinking you automatically start spending without thinking. No need to rush it :<0). Buying a nice kit in the beginning is a wise choice. So is buying a whipped dog deal. Rebuilding razors is another learning curve and you should start that path separate from learning to shave, strop, etc. Now, that is not the way I did it but if I could be 18 again.... I would.

Lol don't listen to all of that brother. You could shave with a Swiss Army knife if you really wanted to. Blade steel is only relevant when talking about the length of time to sharpen and how often honing is required. 440 is absolutely suitable to shave with "if" you can get it sharp enough. It's extremely east to sharpen as well as it is a softer stainless. Most of these guys scoff at Rough Rider because it is inexpensive, but have never even held one. I actually have a blue celluloid Rough Rider Straight razor that my dad stole from me and uses daily. If you didn't mention the brand no one would have had an issue with it. Just my two cents.

Can we please shut this thread down. This guy resurrected a 4 year old thread touting his amazing honing skills and ability to shave with anything he can get sharp. He calls people names, then says it's sarcasm. This is exactly the type of thread that gets out of hand really quick, and I think it's already reached that point. This guy is one of the main reasons I'm ashamed of my generation...

Lol, never once said I was amazing at anything. Simply stated one can get a razor on just about anything metallic.

Originally Posted by prodigy

Can we please shut this thread down.

Thread closed per member's request.

I mean I have a Case Pocket knife I've carried for years with a Cali clip blade in 420..that I could easily shave with. If you know how to hone you could shave with a Chinese kitchen knife.

You could shave with a chisel too, but it won't be a good shave, pocketknives shaving hair on you arm ain't shaving your face, some steels aren't meant for shaving, a nice chippy rough edge cuts great on a knife but sucks for shaving.
So you shave your face with your knife and I'll take a dull razor and still get a smoother shave. Tc

I've been honing just shy of five years now and one of the ways beginners are able to check their wet stone progress is by shaving their face with whatever it is that they are honing. Pocket knives..kitchen knives..awls..whatever. I can easily get a nice facial shave with a standard pen style Swiss Army blade. Is it suitable for that? Absolutely not; but it is certainly doable. So I disagree with your statement wholeheartedly. My point was you can make any knife "shave ready" if you know how to sharpen cutlery. Especially one with such a soft steel.

This is very entertaining. Somebody comes out of the Blue and digs up a thread that's 4 years old and starts training everybody on steel and honing. Going to keep my head low and watch for little red dots on the wall :<0)

Blue you should have read the whole thread. Or do you sell these things and don't really care about truth ?