I shaved tonight and I will get this out of the way right now. I had the most dissapointing shave of my life. Lots of blood was involved and intense displeasure. The displeasure that my razors are not up to par with Rays! :thumbdown: I sent ray my 5/8 radiumite razor. The reasoning behind sending this one was that its the one razor that I can get super sharp - relative to my honing abilities. I wanted to compare my best honed razor with a ray honed razor. As I cleaned off the oil, I couldn't resist testing with the HHT. It was right on par with what I get on my own. I lathered up with my corn-husker/proraso combo and started the shave. I anticipated this razors arrival so I honed as best I could a razor of similar build and proceded to shave half with rays half with mine. I started with rays on the WTG pass. All was well, and it compared similarly to my own. When I was lathering up again I grabbed the razor and wasn't paying attention! It closed on my thumb and cut in about 1/8th of an inch!:scared: Even though this sounds horrible (there was a huge amount of blood) I smiled! The cut didn't hurt at all compared to the cuts I get with my own! Luckily I had duct tape and break cleaner to sterilize and seal the wound :
On to the XTG pass - It was here that Ray's razor really shined through. I got a damn near BBS with minimal effort on the XTG. My own razor had to do some touch ups here and there to really stay on par. I missed a few spots on the XTG with my razor and only one small spot with rays. I lathered up a third time (I usually never do this, only for testing) and finished her off! Ray's razor sliced through the hairs with ease! My razor made 2 smalls specks of blood where I think the hair was tugged out?
Oh yes, I almost forgot! After I finished shaving, I tested rays razor with the TPT (using my now only good thumb) and I had an epiphany of sorts. For some reason as I felt the edge, words were forced into my head as if they were ray's own. "use less pressure honing my son, it will come in time" - okay, maybe not exactly like that but close enough:thumbup:
In conclusion! Ray has a new customer when I need my razors honed again! Ray, I am going to keep this razor going as long as possible, how many layers of tape did you use? Did you dilocut or unicot it? Your the only person who has ever made me happy to cut myself! Maybe I shouldn't send you more razors..... Thanks!
On to the XTG pass - It was here that Ray's razor really shined through. I got a damn near BBS with minimal effort on the XTG. My own razor had to do some touch ups here and there to really stay on par. I missed a few spots on the XTG with my razor and only one small spot with rays. I lathered up a third time (I usually never do this, only for testing) and finished her off! Ray's razor sliced through the hairs with ease! My razor made 2 smalls specks of blood where I think the hair was tugged out?
Oh yes, I almost forgot! After I finished shaving, I tested rays razor with the TPT (using my now only good thumb) and I had an epiphany of sorts. For some reason as I felt the edge, words were forced into my head as if they were ray's own. "use less pressure honing my son, it will come in time" - okay, maybe not exactly like that but close enough:thumbup:
In conclusion! Ray has a new customer when I need my razors honed again! Ray, I am going to keep this razor going as long as possible, how many layers of tape did you use? Did you dilocut or unicot it? Your the only person who has ever made me happy to cut myself! Maybe I shouldn't send you more razors..... Thanks!