Thread: 6/8 C-Mon Stainless

Originally Posted by Croaker

One of the nicer C-MON's I have seen, congratulations. I have added the Stainless to my wish list. Thanks for the photos! +1 on C-MON's being good shavers. I wonder how the shave from the C-MON stainless would compare to that from a Friodur?

I've only got one Friodur, a 7/8 squarepoint with the logo inlaid in the cream color celluloid scales. I got it from Telly a couple of years ago and it was one of the sharpest razors I ever got. I asked him what he honed it with and he said it was honed by the guy in Japan he got it from and he didn't know. Fantastic shave, I like to think it must have been honed on some great Nakayama or something like that. I recently touched it up on a Shapton Pro 15k and 30k. Amazing razor. The C-Mon was good but not quite that good. Different animal though being a 5/8 and a lot lighter in weight.

Yes, it is hard to compare a 7/8 to a 5/8, because they shave so differently. I really like Friodur stainless blades, I have owned two, also a nice H. Eicker PAX stainless. They are all 5/8 and feel very similar in the excellence of their shaves, like your Friodur (maybe not quite that good!). I wonder if the blade blanks that the C-MON, Friodur, and Eicker razors were made from all came from the same manufacturer, and were ground, honed and stamped by the distributors....we may never know.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I've only got one Friodur, a 7/8 squarepoint with the logo inlaid in the cream color celluloid scales. I got it from Telly a couple of years ago and it was one of the sharpest razors I ever got. I asked him what he honed it with and he said it was honed by the guy in Japan he got it from and he didn't know. Fantastic shave, I like to think it must have been honed on some great Nakayama or something like that. I recently touched it up on a Shapton Pro 15k and 30k. Amazing razor. The C-Mon was good but not quite that good. Different animal though being a 5/8 and a lot lighter in weight.

I don't have a Fridour Inox but the C-Mon shaves very smooth.

Originally Posted by fleetwood

I don't have a Fridour Inox but the C-Mon shaves very smooth.

Now that is the news I was waiting to hear! You have a nice looking, great shaving, corrosion resistant razor that will likely hold it's edge longer than carbon steel. Well, pardon me while I search FleaBay for one just like it..............(not gonna happen) Congratulations.

I search the bay all the time, and somehow I completely MISSED that one!

Though I couldnt have afforded it im sure. Too bad there is no way to tell when one of our own are bidding one something. Or maybe we can form a "bidders club" where we announce our intent to bid on a blade, and each member gets a turn buying what they want?

Sounds like a good idea. This one was a buy it now and my hand just slipped on the mouse over the buy button.