Thread: Start of my collection

So this is the start of my collection:

Wilkinson Sword Pall Mall


Fox Cutlery S2 w/ chip at heel


Dovo #107 Brucke Birdseye Maple


Dubl Duck Special No.1



I'm not sure whether I'm going to keep the Dubl Duck, I'm having a hard time putting an edge on the about half the blade with my hone.

Two things.
First, if you have to have a chip in a razor, then the location of the chip and the fact that the blade is shoulder-less makes that about as ideal of a chip as you could ask for.
Second, you mentioned that you could only get half the Dubl Duck sharp with your hone. What hone do you have?

The chip in the Fox Cutlery isn't bad, and it is in the 'right' spot if you were ever to get a chip, but the side of the blade with the etching is concave and pretty uniform down the length of the blade from what I can tell. It's more of a display piece, my wife would kill me if I sold it or used the scales for another blade as it was her great grandfathers.

I'm using a Spyderco Ultrafine, it worked well for the Wilkinson, Dovo, Fox Cutlery (even though the blad is concave) and for an unpictured Roll Razor. I think I'm just being impatient and need to take my time more. I still think I'm going to get rid of it as I would prefer a large blade like a 6/8 to 8/8 range.

I looked at the "chip" again and realized what I thought was the chip was in fact due to the shadow behind/under the blade. I guess I don't actually see any chip at the heel. It must be pretty small.

The Spyderco UF is a pretty fine hone and you will be very hard-pressed to hone a razor with nothing but that one. You need something more coarse to set the bevel and sharpen the edge.

Well I guess I should have said I have a Spyderco Medium and Fine as well. I use them to set the bevel and start the edge. I started honing & shaving with the Wilkinson and it had a couple of flat spots when I got it. The PO must of used a file to sharpen it as there were deep hone marks in the spine and edge. The Medium and Fine did a good job of cleaning those up and after the Fine the blade passed the hanging hair test (I know I know it's not the best indicator) then I did the Ultrafine and I could split hairs (if I went in the right direction). I think I'm just being impatient with the Dubl Duck, I just need to spend some more time on it.

The forum photo gallery limits the size of the photos making it hard to get the chip in correctly so I put it on another photo hosting site. I filed down the chip using the corner of the Sypderco Medium that's why it doesn't look like a chip anymore: