09-03-2019, 03:29 PM
No one here has the courage to shave with a straight razor Mark but that won't stop us from replying. Sounds as if your straight razor must be in the sharpness neighborhood of DE blades so please "splain" something to us if you can. You said:
" Remember, this blade totally failed on media, but has cut a lot of whiskers."
We have no doubt that you are successfully shaving with your straight edge. People successfully shave with razors that use DE and disposable blades as well. The major difference here, edge sharpness testing wise, seems to be that DE blades, as well as those extracted from disposable razors, don't suffer dented edges during the testing process and some sharpened straight edges do suffer dented edges. But of course, we've made that point before. Lot's of people swoon over the smooth and effortless shave delivered by Feather DE blades (24 - 28 BESS) and we know the edge doesn't dent on these blades because, clearly, you couldn't get BESS 24 -28 consistently if it did - you'd get 124 or 324 if it dented.
So the question then is this; what are your thoughts on what's behind this seeming incongruity? Intuitively, it would seem that an edge with greater structural integrity might have advantages over a less strong edge. It's possible though that when slicing soap bubbles floating in the air or facial hair softened by hot water, that there is no advantage. In any case - what do you think is going on here?
" Remember, this blade totally failed on media, but has cut a lot of whiskers."
We have no doubt that you are successfully shaving with your straight edge. People successfully shave with razors that use DE and disposable blades as well. The major difference here, edge sharpness testing wise, seems to be that DE blades, as well as those extracted from disposable razors, don't suffer dented edges during the testing process and some sharpened straight edges do suffer dented edges. But of course, we've made that point before. Lot's of people swoon over the smooth and effortless shave delivered by Feather DE blades (24 - 28 BESS) and we know the edge doesn't dent on these blades because, clearly, you couldn't get BESS 24 -28 consistently if it did - you'd get 124 or 324 if it dented.
So the question then is this; what are your thoughts on what's behind this seeming incongruity? Intuitively, it would seem that an edge with greater structural integrity might have advantages over a less strong edge. It's possible though that when slicing soap bubbles floating in the air or facial hair softened by hot water, that there is no advantage. In any case - what do you think is going on here?