Friodur 72 1/2
Starlet 3057 ¼ hollow by Ito
Irish Traveller Soap by Mystic water
Yaqi silvertip badger (a great brush at a great price, I might add)
Lucky Tiger aftersplash
The only way this shave could have been smoother is if I shaved with the spine!
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And the price tag is still attached at 1600 yen (JPY). At today's exchange rate, that comes to about $14 (USD). Back in the 1950s when this razor was made, $14 was the average daily pay for a New York City policeman. The price I paid is equivalent to the average daily pay for a New York City policeman today. So it looks like these razors hold their value.
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Looking for help here.This is only the second one I've seen, beautiful razor.
I have a beautiful Hoken 66 razor that shaves exceptionally well. The fellow that restored did a wonderful job, but it requires two layers of tape to touch up. And those two layers give an exceptional bevel. So for me, the path of least resistance is to strop that razor on leather. While I have a few razors that I touch up with pasted balsa, it is not necessary for me to use balsa on all of them. Simple solution - go with the tape and enjoy the razor, strop on leather. Life is full of compromises.Looking for help here.
My heavy grind (1/4 hollow verging on near wedge to my eye) Ito Starlet 55 was put through a spine thinning process by the former owner. Now, without tape, the bevel does not even touch my stones.
I don't want to tape it for honing as I don't want to tape every time for diamond/balsa stropping.
Just hone away until the excess edge is gone? I have put a lot of laps into it, with little progress. When I do get a corrected bevel, I expect it will be quite wide.
Thoughts and suggestions are welcome!
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With a thinned spine, I think you mean that the edge doesn't even touch your stones.Looking for help here.
My heavy grind (1/4 hollow verging on near wedge to my eye) Ito Starlet 55 was put through a spine thinning process by the former owner. Now, without tape, the bevel does not even touch my stones.
I don't want to tape it for honing as I don't want to tape every time for diamond/balsa stropping.
Just hone away until the excess edge is gone? I have put a lot of laps into it, with little progress. When I do get a corrected bevel, I expect it will be quite wide.
Thoughts and suggestions are welcome!
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Looking for help here.
My heavy grind (1/4 hollow verging on near wedge to my eye) Ito Starlet 55 was put through a spine thinning process by the former owner. Now, without tape, the bevel does not even touch my stones.
I don't want to tape it for honing as I don't want to tape every time for diamond/balsa stropping.
Just hone away until the excess edge is gone? I have put a lot of laps into it, with little progress. When I do get a corrected bevel, I expect it will be quite wide.
Thoughts and suggestions are welcome!