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My exploding razor knows secrets
First describe the premise:Wow, your Stanford sharpener looks immaculately clean and even has a pristine box. Have you been getting excellent results with this sharpener? Stropping the blade after running the blade through the Stanford sharpener works great for me. I got a super keen edge on a previously okay vintage blade, and my Dorco blade just gave me a great shave number 12.
Stainless steel blades had a bad reputation when they were first invented. It was not until the invention of coating technology that stainless steel blades were given a new reputation.
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Before using "Stanford", I always used modern stainless steel blades. Each blade was used nearly 30 times before discarding it. In the last few times, I will obviously feel that the smoothness of the blade has declined; depending on the performance of different brands, some are still capable of cutting, and some have caused discomfort so I discarded them early.
"Stanford" does extend the smoothness and comfort of the blade by stropping and lightly grinding and smoothing the blade edge.
This is also the time and reason why I use it.
But when the coating on the stainless steel blade disappears, its smoothness will plummet; and "Stanford" can't really finely grind a dull/deformed blade.
Therefore, grinding tools and techniques like these are only suitable for extending the comfort of stainless steel blades to a limited extent, but cannot truly restore their original performance.
I always use my razor to shave my head, so the total surface area used is much larger than someone who only shaves their face. (It’s not male pattern baldness yet, I just like shaving my head)
So, I’ve been using one blade long enough.
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