Shave-Ready Testing, Solving the Mystery?
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I found a plastic cutting board for $1
Flatness could be a concern and size definitely would be. I have to stick mine in a drawer with other items.
Sounds like a lot of work after a shave.
No, these are as flat as glass. I have a table saw that I could use to split.
If your holding them like the video, why would Flat matter?
Takes less than two minutes.
Perfect flatness of the substrate isn’t critical. Flatness of the balsa is. After you glue the balsa to the substrate you lap the balsa flat and make sure it is dead flat using pencil marks. When the marks are sanded off, it is flat and you are good to go.
Fixing to do it my good friend.
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I was referring to acrylic as a base for film.
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Oh!!! I was referring to balsa backing
Good man!Fixing to do it my good friend.
Substrate = acrylic, tile etc.
Balsa = that wooden stuff
Balsa dead flat
Substrate flat as practical but not as critical because balsa will be lapped flat.
Balsa = that wooden stuff
Balsa dead flat
Substrate flat as practical but not as critical because balsa will be lapped flat.
Finished.... two razors. PM sent!!
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Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
Photos or it didn't happen.
I doubt you’d be able to notice.
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Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
I doubt you’d be able to notice.
You can't tell sharp razors from half-sharp razors in photos?
Not me.
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Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
Months later and the mystery is still not solved.
Jim
- I'm thinking of buying some hair from an eBay vendor to use for endless HHT practice until I finally catch on.
- I'm considering various microscopes (usb and others); perhaps they might help.
- The shave test works (of course it works), but...well, you know the issues there.
Jim
Only consistent non shave test I have found is the thumb pad test. It’s easy to test the whole lengths of the blade pretty quickly. Only downside is it takes time to develop and correlate.
Any test to pick will be individualized to you and what you feel is shave ready. That’s the downside. I’ve received razors that have been said to be HHT 5 and I have to take them to the stones. Conversely I’ve received razors that are said not to be shave ready that were phenomenal after a good stropping. YMMV.
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Any test to pick will be individualized to you and what you feel is shave ready. That’s the downside. I’ve received razors that have been said to be HHT 5 and I have to take them to the stones. Conversely I’ve received razors that are said not to be shave ready that were phenomenal after a good stropping. YMMV.
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