Originally Posted by
Bruce
As I've noted elsewhere, I have become a great Friodur afficionado. I bought one from John Crowley's The Shaving Shop a while ago, honed it, stropped it, and shaved with it. Stropped it and shaved with it. Did that same routine several times. What piqued my curiosity was that the shaves started out good, very good and got better. I have no razors which will out shave them for either closeness or comfort.
I even got a couple more - they are in my travel kit. I've always been a believer in "if something works well, you need at least a couple more of them just in case something out there starts to bollix up the works" or, if you've got a good AD going it won't be too long before it becomes an AAAAAAAAAD.
Stainless steel razors tend to be a bit softer than the hardened to the max carbon steel razors, but are also quite wear resistant from the extra chromium, so they have different honing characteristics. My theory is that once a stainless steel razor is sharp it can respond better to the linen and leather stropping regimens to maintain that sharpness. Mine haven't needed a hone or pasted paddle touch up for a long time and continue to shave smoothly.
Hyper thesis - hypo thesis? Hype or just a pile? Dunno, but it sounds good to my ears so I'm sticking with it.
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