Safety Razor Hone/Strop...

Has anyone ever used one of these to keep their DE blades nice and fresh. I ask because a few days a week I shave at the gym with my DE and am constantly replacing blades. I switched to DE and straights because I wanted to try to save a little $ on my daily shaving (this is before I caught RAD). I was thinking about getting something like this to freshen up a blade before I left for the gym. Any thoughts? Would I just be wasting my hard earned cash?

BAKELITE SAFETY RAZOR BLADE HONE STROP SHARPENER x - eBay (item 180222218604 end time Dec-03-08 10:11:33 PST)

I would say it is a waste of money. I admit I've never tried one but none of those gizmos ever had any success as far as I know. :shrug:

You could get a Single Edge razor with several blades that get honed and stropped as a straight - on a, say, Belgian hone and some leather

Cheers
Ivo

I heard that in the old days some people used to hone their blades on the inside of a glass. You press the blade one the inside of the glass the edge perpendicular to the bottom and go back and forth for a while.


Haven't tried it.

McKie

Thanks for the feedback. I've heard of using a class to hone DE blades. I think I'll do a little research and give that a try. Anyone out there tired it yet?

That was back in the day when the DE blades could get honed/stropped but they lasted a lot shorter. No good with todays blades...

Since you can get over 300 DE blades for the price of the Strop I wouldn't worry about it to much

Persona DE razor blades

I happened to see this while browsing:

Vintage Safety Razor Hollywood Hone In Box Deco - eBay (item 370134576535 end time Dec-29-08 19:00:00 PST)


I don't know owe well it would work, but might be nice to add to a collection.

Conversly(spelling??) I sometimes use a very small super soft DE/SE strop to strop my straight razors.
I works really well, it looks and feels like kid-leather it is so soft, but short enough to be pulled perfectly flat.
If I ever find a big piece I am going to make a padle strop with the piece.
M

Hahaaaaaa.....what the heck is the above post all about? :confused:

Jim

You may want to PM Utopian. He had a thread last yr, talking about successful use of one.

I mean post #10.

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Originally Posted by pinklather

You may want to PM Utopian. He had a thread last yr, talking about successful use of one.

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hmm, something seems to have happened to it.

Ever tried hand stropping a blade? Remove the blade after each shave, rinse it and then lightly hand strop it on the heel of your hand, say 5 times an edge. I know of people who do this, but I've never bothered with it.