Aliexpress is a great resource. It got me my freakish Titan razor with 70 HRC steel (stainless, but you can't have everything). It cheaply feeds the addiction of many brush addicts. But they do have their own unique take on things, don't they?
I found a listing for a Japanese razor that hit all of my Aliexpress buttons.
First, this razor has three functions in one! "Haircut carving," beard modeling, and trimming. Actually they didn't include shaving, except in a note below.
In a subhead listing of virtues, this phrase appears: "Release of man's great realm." Try to improve on that.
The hardness is listed at 58-61. Doesn't seem like good quality control, does it? 58 is "softish knife" territory, and 61 is the beginning of acceptable razor hardness (IMO). Not only do they list a range, the range is stamped right onto the tang! "58-61 HRC." Hope you get a good one!
If you want more detail about the hardening, it is available.
Carbon Steel Hardness 58-61 HRC "in the proper heat treatment or cold-drawing hardening after, with high strength and hardness, high elastic limit and hardness, high elastic limit and fatigue limit, Cutting Performance is Acceptable."
Did you hear that? Cutting performance is acceptable! Are you ready to order yet?
One final quote: "Fully combine the strength of the grinding material with the flexibility of water, and wash it with rough grinding, which is slow and magic."
Change is the constant of life. But I hope aliexpress will be just what it is, for years to come.
I found a listing for a Japanese razor that hit all of my Aliexpress buttons.
First, this razor has three functions in one! "Haircut carving," beard modeling, and trimming. Actually they didn't include shaving, except in a note below.
In a subhead listing of virtues, this phrase appears: "Release of man's great realm." Try to improve on that.
The hardness is listed at 58-61. Doesn't seem like good quality control, does it? 58 is "softish knife" territory, and 61 is the beginning of acceptable razor hardness (IMO). Not only do they list a range, the range is stamped right onto the tang! "58-61 HRC." Hope you get a good one!
If you want more detail about the hardening, it is available.
Carbon Steel Hardness 58-61 HRC "in the proper heat treatment or cold-drawing hardening after, with high strength and hardness, high elastic limit and hardness, high elastic limit and fatigue limit, Cutting Performance is Acceptable."
Did you hear that? Cutting performance is acceptable! Are you ready to order yet?
One final quote: "Fully combine the strength of the grinding material with the flexibility of water, and wash it with rough grinding, which is slow and magic."
Change is the constant of life. But I hope aliexpress will be just what it is, for years to come.
