Thread: confessions of a blade...

Originally Posted by onimaru55

There are some very high mag pics here.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...er-why-10.html
It may be just perception but I wouldn't say there are teeth so much as a "wavy line" as described in the Modern Mechanix article of 1931
WONDER PHOTOS REVEAL UNSUSPECTED FACTS ABOUT Razor Blades and Shaving (Oct, 1931)

Thanks for sharing. The article from 31 is particularly interesting.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

There are some very high mag pics here.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...er-why-10.html
It may be just perception but I wouldn't say there are teeth so much as a "wavy line" as described in the Modern Mechanix article of 1931
WONDER PHOTOS REVEAL UNSUSPECTED FACTS ABOUT Razor Blades and Shaving (Oct, 1931)

Oh man those are good articles.. thank you for putting them up..

IIRC, AFDavis11 posted the 31 article a few years back. Yep here t'is
http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...g-article.html

I just call them teeth because that is what they were called on the PDF on here about honing. But all in all I do absolutely agree with the mild honing comment. I noticed when I would run my blade across the felt and revive the lines the stropped on polished it out a little my razor shaved like a champ...

Stropping is certainly the icing on the cake.