Shaving with an SE Wedge Blade

Hi Billy
I have just been reading right through this thread and one thing stands out to me is that you keep comparing your really good shaves to your shaves with an injector !
I have shaved with many different razors over the years including straights and have been most impressed with shaves achieved with an old Damaskeen followed closely by an injector !
I know that you are always experimenting and I applaud you for that and :
My question is " have you had the very best consistently dolphin smooth shave with the injectors ? "
 
Hi Billy
I have just been reading right through this thread and one thing stands out to me is that you keep comparing your really good shaves to your shaves with an injector !
I have shaved with many different razors over the years including straights and have been most impressed with shaves achieved with an old Damaskeen followed closely by an injector !
I know that you are always experimenting and I applaud you for that and :
My question is " have you had the very best consistently dolphin smooth shave with the injectors ? "
Yes..Of Course..But..I Just Cant Bear any Factory Blade on My Face these Days..I Am that Used to the Velvet Smooth Feeling of Hollow Ground Blade SEs & SRs..Factory Blades are Like Window Scraper Blades Compared to a Properly Honed Hollow Ground Blade..;)

One Must Acquire the Skills to Use them & that Of Course is a Journey of the Few..:D

Billy
 
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Batch of 10 Sheffield Full Hollow Grind Rolls Blades Honed on a Naniwa Super Stone Progression..These are Often Mistaken as Wedge Blades..They are Not..They are an Obscure Hollow Ground Blade with a Sorta Wedge Design..The Blades are Very Strongly Built to take the Wear n Tear of a Somewhat Pressurized 12 K Honing & Stropping Rolls System..;)

Billy
 
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I Changed the Edge on this Single Edge BOKER Full Hollow Ground Swedish Steel Blade from a 17 K Escher Thuri Finish to a Surgical Black Arkansas 20 K Finish..I Took it Back to the Naniwa 8 K, 12 k, 16 k Film, Surgical Black 20 K Arkie for a Change of Pace... :D

I Honed @Karl G Blade for His C.V Heljestrand SE...The Nordic Queen as He Calls it..I Did it on My Arkie & I Liked the Edge So Much I Done One of My Own for My Own C.V Heljestrand SE..Never Came Across Another Usable BOKER SE Hollow Ground Blade..She has a Wicked & Smooth Edge...Cuts the Whiskers Like a Silent Ninja..:p

Swedish Steel Takes an Awesome Edge from a Surgical Black Arkie...:cool:

Billy
 
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Two Pass Shaving Routine.. :cool:

Hot Water Prep & Massage with Argan Oil
CV. Heljestrand SE
BOKER Full Hollow Ground Swedish Steel Blade ( Freshly Honed )
Pure Badger
Tallow Soap
Humphreys Witch Hazel

I Had a Cracking Shave this Morning with my CV.Heljestrand Safety Razor & Freshly Honed BOKER Full Hollow Ground Blade...The BOKER Sports a 20 K Surgical Black Arkansas Edge..This Swedish work of Art is just the Dogs Danglies..Air Craft Precision Engineering of the Day..This Razor is as Comfortable as any Cartridge Razor but Shaves Ever So Close & Ever So Deep..:D

The Smallest Straight BOKER Blade in Town..:p:p

Billy
 
I had never even heard of one until you posted about yours , so keen to hear how it shaves.
Rolls Razor..:p

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Whist this isn't a Traditional Straight Razor I thought it perhaps would Fit into the Straight Razor Section quite well because its just a Shortened Straight Edge Hollow Ground Blade on the End of a Handle..:eek:

What is a Rolls Razor ?

It is a safety razor that is based on a segment of a wedge straight razor, that's fitted with a safety bar and is held by a handle... There were several of these adaptations of straight razors to safeties that came into the market in response to Gillette's invention of the safety razor. They all had reusable blades that were honed & stropped just like straights..o_O

Brief History of the Rolls Razor

The eponymous product was a sophisticated safety-razor which promoted with the slogan "The razor that is stropped and honed in its case"..It has been Reported that King Gillette Hated the Rolls because it took away a lot his sales away into the 1950s in a lot of the Poorer States in the USA because it was so cheap to maintain..:rolleyes:

The Rolls trademark, "The Whetter," was registered in the US in 1950; the claimed first use was 1922. The US patent for the method of attaching the blade to the handle was filed in 1925 and issued in 1930. The name "Rolls Razor (1927) Ltd." was used in advertising. The razor was still manufactured and sold until 1958 when the company was purchased by entrepreneur/corporate raider John Bloom who decided to focus on washing machines rather than the razor..:rolleyes:

These are very cheap at the moment on EBay..The Rolls may perhaps offer someone the experience required to shave with a Traditional Straight because the shaving angle is exactly the same..Its really important that the Non of the Pads are Broken and or have any serious ware & tear..One that's been bought in good condition can easily be made fully functional with a Minimum amount of effort..The blade may need to be honed outwith the Rolls System to get it started due to neglect or just because its lost its edge..Once its up & running it you have a complete system here to hone & strop your blade almost indefinitely..Is an Ingenious System for Sure..:cool:

I brought some life back into the Hone & Strop by cleaning them with Baking Soda & a Soft Tooth Brush..The Hone & Strop Pads need to be absolutely immaculate & flat or you are up a Gum Tree..Any Dirt Particles will just damage the blade..The Pads can be a bit brittle after laying around for years especially the Stropping Pad..;)

I Softened it up by applying Hemp Oil a layer at a time & allowing it to soak it up..I got hold of some Red Oxide Stropping Paste & Bobs your Uncle..The Runners in the Stropping Mechanism need Cleaned & Greased as well..There is a lot of heat gets generated when using this System..:p

My Blade is Awesomely Sharp & that Dolphin Smooth Shine on my Face is the End Result..The Rolls Wedge Blades is just so Comfortable Indeed..I am Loving the Feel of Natural Steel & the Post Shave Sorta Velvety Straight Edge Razor Feeling You will all be familiar with a Traditional Straight Razor..:D

Billy
 
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