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Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
I've been working on this razor. I call it the Solid Comfort. I have plans for it, but it's got to be shave ready to my standards first.
I acquired it back in June, 2019, from an eBay vendor, John Loc. Supposedly it was shave ready. I'm not sure if I shaved with it before honing it or not. However, I know the edge had to be decent coming from that vendor.
I've made numerous efforts since then.
My last shave, a few days ago, with this razor, was definitely substandard. Not shave ready!
It's a German razor. Looks like a Torrey 136 blade.
Most of the work I've done on it has been on the Double Convex Ark 8x3.
On the shank it says Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co. I paid $26 for the razor + $6 shipping. I want it to shave very well indeed so I'm continuing to work on it.
Today's efforts involved a whole lot of work on the soft side of the DCA and a good bit of work on the hard, finishing, black side. I'm not at all sure it's shave ready.
If it's not (when I shave test it again) I'll reconsider what needs doing but it's hard to see how it could need to go back to stones coarser than the DCA.
I think it's a nice razor but not if I can't get the edge where it should be.
Happy shaves,
Jim
I acquired it back in June, 2019, from an eBay vendor, John Loc. Supposedly it was shave ready. I'm not sure if I shaved with it before honing it or not. However, I know the edge had to be decent coming from that vendor.
I've made numerous efforts since then.
My last shave, a few days ago, with this razor, was definitely substandard. Not shave ready!
It's a German razor. Looks like a Torrey 136 blade.
Most of the work I've done on it has been on the Double Convex Ark 8x3.
On the shank it says Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Co. I paid $26 for the razor + $6 shipping. I want it to shave very well indeed so I'm continuing to work on it.
Today's efforts involved a whole lot of work on the soft side of the DCA and a good bit of work on the hard, finishing, black side. I'm not at all sure it's shave ready.
If it's not (when I shave test it again) I'll reconsider what needs doing but it's hard to see how it could need to go back to stones coarser than the DCA.
I think it's a nice razor but not if I can't get the edge where it should be.
Happy shaves,
Jim
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