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I don't have them here right now, but I think the red one is a jewelers rough at .5 micron and the other is a 1 micron but I am guessing. I also have some iron oxide that is pretty fine. I use...

Thanks to both Geezer and Euclid for the input. One of the reasons I use the tape that I am using, a 1/4" wide Teflon backed tape is it is easier to get straight on the blade, one strip on each...

I think in the olden days they were just tools to shave with. Now they are precious treasures of times long gone (at least to me they are). Taping protects the razor from excessive wear where it is...

Sounds like good words, thank you

Yes Ken, it is neat thinking that this razor may be in it's 3rd century of shaving faces.... Get that old razor you have ready and give it a ride. Band-Aids are cheap and most scars fade with time. ...

Well, I did get it to where it shaves really well. I've used curved knives for wood carving for several decades so I have some feel following the bevel around an arc but it is not easy to do. ...

Does anyone have advice on honing these old blades? I did mine last night and with the extreme smile it was the hardest hone job I have ever tried. It also had several shallow nicks so I had to...

250711Interesting on the thought that those are not original scales. They are exactly like mine.