Thread: 7 day Weck Sextoblade set

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Interesting. For years I shaved tattoo customers (the tattoo area) with one of those.

+1 for clarifying.

Most of the straight/safety razors from the early part of the 1900s (i.e. Weck, Durham, Litt. Landers Frary & Clark, Curley, etc.) could all be honed and stropped like their non-safety cousins. The Durham razors required a special honing attachment, but the rest functioned like a normal straight razor. Because of the detachable safety comb, many people are under the misconception that these are hair thinners, beard trimmers or have some other function. But they were manufactured, marketed and sold as a razor for shaving the face.

Regards - Walt

Here are some pics of the blades I have honed and shaved with. I have used a 4000/8000 norton and then a thuringian hone followed by canvas strop and final leather stropping. All the blades passed the HHT test with flying colors and shaved very close and smoothly. Also with previous shaving experience, they seem to hold an edge real well, just a few pre stropping and good to go.

I think you can find replacement blades for Weck razors which are made in Germany.

Thanks for starting this thread. I was unaware of the Sextoblade and that there was a replaceable blade that was designed to be honed. I'll be looking to add one of these to my collection.

I assume you honed these as usual - with the spine and bevel both flat on the hone. If so, the geometry looks wrong and it's as if a honing attachment was required. However, it seems to have worked. I have a 7 day Heljestrand SE razor with hollow ground blades - these come with a honing guide that holds the blade at the right angle and produces the kind of tiny bevel you see on quality straights.

Originally Posted by ferroburak

I think you can find replacement blades for Weck razors which are made in Germany.

Do you know the brand?
I'm having trouble finding replacement blades at an affordable price in Europe.
I bought some 'shaper blades' made in Japan but they do not fit my sextoblade, they just fall out.

Originally Posted by Drakuun

Do you know the brand?
I'm having trouble finding replacement blades at an affordable price in Europe.
I bought some 'shaper blades' made in Japan but they do not fit my sextoblade, they just fall out.

Just shaved with mine he other day. I have used the Personna Hair Shaper Blade with great success. If that was the brand you used I don't know what to say. The Personna fits snuggly in my Weck. Try beauty supply stores or web sites.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Just shaved with mine he other day. I have used the Personna Hair Shaper Blade with great success. If that was the brand you used I don't know what to say. The Personna fits snuggly in my Weck. Try beauty supply stores or web sites.

The cheapest I found are Personna hair shaper blades in a dispenser.
10.50USD for 20 pieces, that's a bit more than 50 cents each.
I also have Derby blades which shave just as fine as the blades for the sextoblade.
4.90USD for 100 pieces, that's a bit less than 5 cents each.
The difference in price is more than 10x...

I understand that there is less steel in the Derby blades, but it doesn't justify this much of a difference in price.

The Derby blades however are more difficult to install, that's why I prefer to use the Weck razor.
The Weck razor also has a much better grip and feel.
Paying 10x more for the blades however is not a good alternative.