Thread: rounding a square tipped razor?

Hey guys. I have a square tipped razor (like 90 degrees). I don't really have many problems when shaving, but I have noticed that I will get slice marks sometimes on the curvy area of my face and neck due to the 90 degree tip of my razor. This is really annoying and I was thinking of rounding that point to more of a curve next time I hone it, any thoughts? It seems to me that would help immensly.

FYI, I think what you are describing is the conversion of a spike point into a square point, which has a slight rounded corner.

Taming a spike takes surprisingly little metal removal. It's easy to do and if you do it on the side of a hone so that it will leave no scratches on the honing surface. Just light do circles or back and forth strokes on just the very corner of the blade and do the same number of strokes on each side. Even just 10 circles on each side would make a difference and would have little/no effect on the razor's aesthetics.

you can do it on your DMT, just be careful and do a few light passes at a time until it gets where you want it. If you do not have a DMT, you can do it on the side of your bevel setter, do not round on the surface of the stone because there is a high chance you will gouge the stone.

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Sacriledge, Heretic....Someone get the tar and feathers...


It's your razor and you can do as you please. but once you Neuter the point it is pretty much* gone for good..



* (With some very creative restoration they can be brought back sometimes)

I'm with Glen on this... If a spike isn't working, either pay closer attention or buy a round point... it is a sad destruction of irreplaceable vintage artifacts to "mute" their points.

Well, I'm against you both, sorta...

You can mute the spike very, very, lightly and it will still be much less prone to biting. That was the point (pun!) I was trying to make.

Besides, a point muted to the slight degree I am proposing can be restored to a fully vicious spike with just normal honing, in the same manner that over time the edges of a chamfered hone gradually become sharp "points" again. Therefore the sanctity of the original spike can be regained over the decades!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Well, I'm against you both, sorta...

You can mute the spike very, very, lightly and it will still be much less prone to biting. That was the point (pun!) I was trying to make.

Besides, a point muted to the slight degree I am proposing can be restored to a fully vicious spike with just normal honing, in the same manner that over time the edges of a chamfered hone gradually become sharp "points" again. Therefore the sanctity of the original spike can be regained over the decades!

God I hate logic Somebody Get a rope!!!!!!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

God I hate logic Somebody Get a rope!!!!!!

Coming!


In all seriousness, I think Ron is right except that a lot of the points that get muted are not muted nearly so subtly as Ron is suggesting.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

God I hate logic Somebody Get a rope!!!!!!

HELP! HELP! I'm being repressed!
Oh, what a give away. Did you hear that, did you hear that,
eh? That's what I'm on about -- did you see him repressing me,
you saw it didn't you?

What you're talking about here is dumbing down the razor.

C'mon, stand up tall, be a man, show that razor who the boss is like a wrangler breaking a bronc.

In the end you'll be glad you did.