Snuff
Well-Known Member
I found a razor on a flee market, a Saudedde (a Montpellier). I believe it's a 'rattler' or 'faux frameback' blade, with some tarnish/rust under the spine. These blades usually have a straight-section under the spine, and the original grinding is often at 90 degrees to normal - parallel with the spine, rather than from spine to cutting edge. This leaves some unexpected grind marks on the blade, often going in a direction that appears to be unusual.
Anyway, I worked out the chip and removed the rust. I wanted to try out my new (and first) whetstone I got, a La dressante. Started with a milky slurry and kept adding drops of water in between sets. Took a while but got it to where I could easily shave arm hair. Then I followed the Unicot method and did a test, got a violin. Stropped and got HHT-3 on all but a very small area (HHT-2). Unfortunatly the razor is very loose and the blade moves around on its own (pins need to be fastened) and the blade fell downward and hit something, there is now a very very small chip in the edge, I'll redo tomorrow and put up some pictures of the razor. Doesn't matter, the fun I had and all that for the price of 1 Euro I wonder how it will shave. Greets Ron
This is how it looked before
Anyway, I worked out the chip and removed the rust. I wanted to try out my new (and first) whetstone I got, a La dressante. Started with a milky slurry and kept adding drops of water in between sets. Took a while but got it to where I could easily shave arm hair. Then I followed the Unicot method and did a test, got a violin. Stropped and got HHT-3 on all but a very small area (HHT-2). Unfortunatly the razor is very loose and the blade moves around on its own (pins need to be fastened) and the blade fell downward and hit something, there is now a very very small chip in the edge, I'll redo tomorrow and put up some pictures of the razor. Doesn't matter, the fun I had and all that for the price of 1 Euro I wonder how it will shave. Greets Ron
This is how it looked before