Resharpen A DE Blade

I see, so I suppose I should hope that there are some old blades in that case, or maybe on Etsy lol. (I got banned from Ebay).

Everybody's Favourite Uncle

 

An aloxite DE hone is the only thing I've kept because it works. I use it rarely but it'll do the trick.

 

Never heard of an Aloxite. That's vintage I presume? I might check it out.

Everybody's Favourite Uncle

 

It is the material the hone is made of aka aluminum oxide. Company that made them was Carborundum. They were meant to be touch up hones for straight razors, used when the blade starts to pull. Lap the blade 5 times while wet and strop, test then repeat if necessary.

 

I might get one. Any stone would be better than that little dinky pocket knife stone I have . Thank you!

Everybody's Favourite Uncle

 

The one you'll want is the no 45 or similar. they will say safety blade hone and be a squarish shape with one side concave.

 

You put your DE blade on the concave side press in the middle of the blade lightly with 2 fingers rub it a circular fashion about 5 to 6 passes, turn over and repeat then palm strop the blade afterwards. Bottom side of a ceramic coffee cup should do the same.

 

Lol or see if you can cancel your order?

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Nah. I figure if I can figure out how to resharpen a 100 year old gillette I'm sure I can figure out a way to make a blade fit the razor . I've also been experimenting making my own soap. I love working with my hands and figuring out ways to be more creative. I guess I got that from my father and grandfather. Nothing better than being proud of something you made yourself. Same with cooking. But, this isn't a cooking forum so I should probably pipe down about that .

Everybody's Favourite Uncle

 

The trick to using the aloxite DE hone is *very lightly* pressing it so just the cutting edges contact the hone. Pressing hard enough to flatten out the blade does nothing except remove the printing. Respectfully disagree with using a coffee cup or water glass. Results are iffy because proper angle and pressure can't easily be maintained. This hone is designed specifically to do what it does, and it does do it (I'm thinking carbon blades here -- there's a few reasons it's mostly a waste of time to try to hone stainless).

 

Yes you can see in the photos I took of the honed blade, I pressed too hard on my stone and took the print off. I appreciate your tip because I've turned to carbon blades only, and I don't want the print to come off my vintage gillette blues. Again, thank you for the light pressure tip. I'll try it out next time I hone.

Stay safe

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Everybody's Favourite Uncle

 

I used a 3 hole gillette last night. I have a ton of these and after seeing this thread i thought id give it a try. I had to stop mid shave during the first pass due to tugging. I pulled out my hones and attempted to put an edge. It worked ok. I used 2 hones and a twinplex to get an edge i can use. But i had to keep stopping to continue to hone.

 

I wish I could remember. I must have bought it five or six years ago? Maybe I paid $25-30.00 USD for the razor, metal case and strop in good condition. It is a "Model C" and takes Feather blades without modification. Gives a very close double pass shave. The open comb makes a big difference in comfort.

 

I got one of those last week that uses the Feather and it shaves really well, I picked up another one in lesser condition just to have an extra strop. That one takes the modified Gem. Never got around to money with it because I've been doing heavy cleaning on my barber tools. Might try it next week.

Everybody's Favourite Uncle

 

I am not seeing anything "tenuous" about Feather SE blades. Maybe I am being naive?

 

Yours? I would love to see that in action and see if it works!


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