Thread: Sharpening

Ebay Find - Safety Razor Hone

Looks like this nifty little contraption should work, too. Although, on newer blades, I can't imagine it would do much, considering how thin they are.

Score!

Whaddya know...two of 'em, back to back!

There's an antique shop near me that has some kind of sharpener, I've never seen one like it. It looks like a fishing reel. You slide out a little clamp, put in the blade, put the clamp back into the device, and turn the handle. The clamp spins around inside the device which has hones or maybe leather on the inside wall.

Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot

There's an antique shop near me that has some kind of sharpener, I've never seen one like it. It looks like a fishing reel. You slide out a little clamp, put in the blade, put the clamp back into the device, and turn the handle. The clamp spins around inside the device which has hones or maybe leather on the inside wall.

There were all kinds of gizmos made to extend the life of disposable blades. Modern DE blades are a different animal. They are thinner and depend on coatings to do the job because the actual blade quality and edge quality is inferior to the vintage stuff. So, once the coatings go you would have to do some major honing on them. Considering the cost of the blades it's probably not worth the effort and the vintage sharpeners were not designed to do extensive honing.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

There were all kinds of gizmos made to extend the life of disposable blades. Modern DE blades are a different animal. They are thinner and depend on coatings to do the job because the actual blade quality and edge quality is inferior to the vintage stuff. So, once the coatings go you would have to do some major honing on them. Considering the cost of the blades it's probably not worth the effort and the vintage sharpeners were not designed to do extensive honing.

Yeah, it's definitely a curiosity, I wouldn't try to use it for its intended purpose especially since quality blades are so cheap. It's an ingenious piece of machinery, it's much more impressive than my poor description implies.

ive seen my fair share of weird de dlade sharpeners, i dont use safety razors much but i found that taking the blade out of my valet auto strop and stropping it on an old belt works nice

Hello,

In my searching and asking about safety razors i found out i have inherited my great grandfather's razor. It's copper, with copper rusting (green/blue), Clabar Switzerland. any recommendations on cleaning the rust and dirt and getting ready to use besides buying razor blades?

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

ive seen my fair share of weird de dlade sharpeners, i dont use safety razors much but i found that taking the blade out of my valet auto strop and stropping it on an old belt works nice

You can also hone them this way, especially with the rolls. I'm sure you could send it to get honed from the classifieds just the same as any str8 razor blade. I honed my friends on a jnat