Brace yourself for gushing the likes of which you might expect from a ten year old girl at a Hannah Montana concert.
ETA: 20 mins.
ETA: 20 mins.
Wow... just... wow.
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It started with trouble. The peening. So much peening. They just would not get tight enough. But finally, with a mighty blow of the hammer, Eureka! Scales, tight and centered.
Then the honing.
I have never.
In over 50 razors.
Ever.
Honed a razor.
That honed as easily or quickly as this one.
It must be made of wax.
I established the bevel on 1200 DMT in about four passes.
Every step took me less than half the time I am used to. DMT 1200-> 3k ->5k -> 8k -> Mueller -> black Escher
Entire process took about five minutes.
Stropping. The stropping was incredibly easy. Even easier than my other 6/8 and 11/16" razors. It floated on the strop. Smooth, easy, whisper quiet, every molecule aligning perfectly along the edge.
I've gotten quite a bit better at HHT lately. Most noticeably since I started stropping every razor to hell and back. HHT loves stropping. It feeds on it.
I went through 5 hairs, maybe 4 cuts a hair. Every single spot the instant the hair touched the edge, silent fall. No draw was required.
The lather. Kells + Tabac. Smooth, moist, slick. WTG pass took about twelve seconds. And I could have stopped there. I did my first atg/xtg (I do two combo passes rather then ATG followed by XTG due to crazy angles required to do a full ATG pass.) The hair wasn't even there when the razor made it to my skin. It had packed it's bags and run off. Fled the country, no doubt. I'll be surprised if I ever grow facial hair again.
My face feels like someone spread talc all over a five year old's cheeks. I'm pretty sure there are micro-black holes created in each of my follicles creating draw when I run my fingers over them.
I don't care if these razors cost $300. They are worth it.
I own Fil, Henck, W&B, Geneva, Puma. All excellent razors. Not one of them can touch this thing.
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It started with trouble. The peening. So much peening. They just would not get tight enough. But finally, with a mighty blow of the hammer, Eureka! Scales, tight and centered.
Then the honing.
I have never.
In over 50 razors.
Ever.
Honed a razor.
That honed as easily or quickly as this one.
It must be made of wax.
I established the bevel on 1200 DMT in about four passes.
Every step took me less than half the time I am used to. DMT 1200-> 3k ->5k -> 8k -> Mueller -> black Escher
Entire process took about five minutes.
Stropping. The stropping was incredibly easy. Even easier than my other 6/8 and 11/16" razors. It floated on the strop. Smooth, easy, whisper quiet, every molecule aligning perfectly along the edge.
I've gotten quite a bit better at HHT lately. Most noticeably since I started stropping every razor to hell and back. HHT loves stropping. It feeds on it.
I went through 5 hairs, maybe 4 cuts a hair. Every single spot the instant the hair touched the edge, silent fall. No draw was required.
The lather. Kells + Tabac. Smooth, moist, slick. WTG pass took about twelve seconds. And I could have stopped there. I did my first atg/xtg (I do two combo passes rather then ATG followed by XTG due to crazy angles required to do a full ATG pass.) The hair wasn't even there when the razor made it to my skin. It had packed it's bags and run off. Fled the country, no doubt. I'll be surprised if I ever grow facial hair again.
My face feels like someone spread talc all over a five year old's cheeks. I'm pretty sure there are micro-black holes created in each of my follicles creating draw when I run my fingers over them.
I don't care if these razors cost $300. They are worth it.
I own Fil, Henck, W&B, Geneva, Puma. All excellent razors. Not one of them can touch this thing.
I seem to recall a post earlier where you were claiming that they were "worth more than they're worth"...
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I was wrong. Oh so very wrong. Sell your kidneys. Sell your kids. Sell your body. Whatever it takes. I couldn't imagine any razor being worth $200 or more then. This razor has made it so I have no need to imagine. I wouldn't sell it for $500. Maybe for a thousand... but only to buy two more of them.
They're ok.
Yep DD are easy to hone and shave very very well.
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I'll go get the sedatives..
Hmm...I like that phrase "worth more than they're worth", because regardless of what you believe (unless you believe the value is just right
), the saying is always right! worth more than they're worth can be a good or a bad thingMainly if you want to buy that thing or sell it.
Hmm...I like that phrase "worth more than they're worth", because regardless of what you believe (unless you believe the value is just right
In this case we had some help deciphering the meaning
sliceOfLife said:
Love my Wonderedge! Takes an excellent edge and strops and hones with ease. I just wish the scales were better. Planning on sending mine out soon for new scales.
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Yeah, the scales are a little weak for such a fabulous razor. Luckily after a little straightening, mine turned out pretty nicely. I'd still rather have something other than a plastic product. (I'm not a fan of plastic scales). Real MoP and they'd be perfect... of course then I doubt they'd ever come up for sale. DD already is a big collector item, add MoP collectors to that and it'd just be ugly.
I'm quite interested now. What's known about the dubl duck's steel, manufacturing, grinding? I want to know what went into such a fabulous edgeassuming it's known at all.
Maybe it wouldn't be economically feasible to produce a blade like the dubl duck today. That's a shame. But it would be terrible if razors of such quality could no longer be made because the knowledge of how to do so was lost.
Maybe it wouldn't be economically feasible to produce a blade like the dubl duck today. That's a shame. But it would be terrible if razors of such quality could no longer be made because the knowledge of how to do so was lost.
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The steel is very soft.
The grind is VERY hollow. I have "Extra Hollow" grinds that don't come close to this thing.
Other than that I can't tell why it's such a better shave than my other razors.
I'm sure there's much more to it than that, but those are the two things that stick out immediately upon using this razor.
The grind is VERY hollow. I have "Extra Hollow" grinds that don't come close to this thing.
Other than that I can't tell why it's such a better shave than my other razors.
I'm sure there's much more to it than that, but those are the two things that stick out immediately upon using this razor.
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