art said:You answered your own question.
king said:After all I expect that will be some critics on my way of honing but it works for me especially if I take in count that this razor was in really mess when I recived it (it was not possible to shave arm hairs).
I hear this a lot, and I'm really curious as to why. Is it the hardness from the stainless (or INOX...)? I've got one that really doesn't seem too much different than other razors I have. The edge is very linear (barely any smile/nice flat point), and the blade sits almost dead flat against the hone. The geometry seems really forgiving. It may take a few more passes to remove steel, but I don't find it bad at all?BlueDun said:And I know that these Friodurs are not the easiest to hone. But once you've got them down they are really nice shavers.
It's bollocks. I've honed many of these, they sharpen up rather easily.Woodash said:I hear this a lot, and I'm really curious as to why. Is it the hardness from the stainless (or INOX...)? I've got one that really doesn't seem too much different than other razors I have. The edge is very linear (barely any smile/nice flat point), and the blade sits almost dead flat against the hone. The geometry seems really forgiving. It may take a few more passes to remove steel, but I don't find it bad at all?BlueDun said:And I know that these Friodurs are not the easiest to hone. But once you've got them down they are really nice shavers.
Any thoughts?
And they shave well, too. If you ask me, they are the unsung heroes of vintage razordom. There are a lot of the 6/8 round points available for comparatively little money, and unlike export quality stuff like Dubl Ducks, they come with decent scales, too. And then there's the 7-8/8, of course - utterly lovely.Bart said:It's bollocks. I've honed many of these, they sharpen up rather easily.
BeBerlin said:And they shave well, too. If you ask me, they are the unsung heroes of vintage razordom. There are a lot of the 6/8 round points available for comparatively little money, and unlike export quality stuff like Dubl Ducks, they come with decent scales, too...Bart said:It's bollocks. I've honed many of these, they sharpen up rather easily.
BeBerlin said:Silence, Paul. There are far, far too many of these in the market. I would never pay more than USD 100 for any of them. Except maybe one of the 8/8 battle axes, or one with colour etching. But those are, in fact, rather rare. Unlike, say, Dubl Ducks - except their scales are nearly always broken, resulting in additional costs of repair for a bog standard razor. Glorified no-name export stuff, you know? Dovo issue.
As far as scale replacements are concerned, beauty lies, as they say, in the eyes of the beholder. Some like European elegance, other Las Vegas...