Thread: Tale of the Genco Vanadium

$12.95 from E-bay.

I polished it with sandpaper and Flitz. 220 - 2500. 2-3 hours, cramps in my hands, but it turned out nice.

It honed like a charm. So easy. A tiny little bevel, barely visible. No microchipping, a beautiful polished edge. Not even enough hone weqr to say so, despite considerable loving time on the 1k making it sharp and even.


Shaving? What a shaver! Like butter! What a stinking pleasure to use.
I shaved with it 3 days straight, it stropped easy between shaves. I dried it carefully after the third shave, so pleased with my new tool.


Then.... I dropped it. right in the sink. Now it's garbage. I haven't dropped a razor in 10 years, but I wasn't really feeling well, out of sorts if you know what I mean. Crap.



End of my tragedy for the day. Time for some Wild Turkey.

Sorry to see that
Is it just me or does it look like your getting a slightly shorter razor after a bit of playing around?

I hate to see that, especially after finding a razor at a descent price on the bay...

I dropped the first razor I ever rescaled (with Joed's help). I kept the pieces, though.

Bummer, but these things happen. Don't beat yourself up. Happens to all of us. Another one is down the road and better too.

I can almost feel my heart crack along with the blade! I join you in toasting to the loss of sweet steel.

Found it.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...d-spanish.html

So I wake up a little late but I'm determined to get another use out of my freshly restored Boker Red Injun 102 that I picked up at a Pawn Shop BY CHANCE for $7.50! I was feeling a little weird today, not sick, if you know what I mean. I remember clearly thinking, "Do I have to use Bokers exclusively or just own at least one to join the Boker Brotherhood?". Then it happened! I dropped it into the sink! I remembered NOT to try to catch it. The result, a "small" chip at the point. This is my current favorite shaver. Hopefully it can be salvaged....again!