Thread: Hard to love

I have a geo. W and sons ratler grind and it is by far the sexiest razor I own.
I bought it "shave ready" and it did shave smooth on arrival. Not close but comfortable. I gave it a touch up on my swatty and now it gives more "feedback" with tone and feel. It's still not a close shaver.
My standard is a Boker Edelweiss. I honed it on film and Swatty and it is amazing.
So why does the gw give me grief?
As recieved the heel didn't really shave. I have a goatee and like to use the heel to cut along the strong side edge. Tip to mid belly was fine. After my hone it shaves tip to heel but not butter and not bbs.
I'm tempted to send it off for a pro hone, I'm not sure why there is no love with this razor. I so want to.
I wonder if the temper is off.
Thoughts?

Pictures would help, especially the bevel.

I have a Filly that is the same way for me. Every time I use it .....irritation.

Not sure how I could get a decent pic of the bevel but looking close at it, it doesn't appear to have a defined bevel near the heel.

Well I got my lapping films out, put an even bevel on from toe to heel, restorer seemed to have skipped the heel especially. I lapped it down to .5 micron. Stropped it on my home made strop, doped with Dovo red and black crayons. Shaves like a dream now. Woot.
Funny, not to take anything away from the restorer but Niawa this and Shapton that does not equate to a shave ready blade.
I'm no honemeister by any stretch, I've honed and improved every blade I've had with nothing fancy. Lapping film on a bit of left over marble tile, a Swatty and stropping.
Happy shaves.

Hone =/= Technique. No amount spent on hones will fix a bevel not set. Probably 95%+ of the honing problems discussed on this forum are a direct result of unset bevels.

Yep don't care what you hone with it's still the man behind the stone, I've always said someone like Glen could hone on a petrified horse turd and still shave with it! Tc

No doubt, but only if you could get him to lap it flat first!

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Yep don't care what you hone with it's still the man behind the stone, I've always said someone like Glen could hone on a petrified horse turd and still shave with it! Tc

Don't think it would catch on.