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Comment on Saturday SOTD Thread, January 3rd, 2026 (#935)

Haha, yeah maybe. I wonder what it was like being a straight razor maker in those days. The customer service department must have had to work overtime.

This razor is really super nice looking. It’s a very hollow grind with a very slight belly. Not nearly the belly of the Koraat Piggy Bank, but it’s just barely detectable with the naked eye.

It felt amazing on the stones last night, but I’m not a good judge of steel. I’ve yet to fully learn how to completely remove burrs on the razors I hone, and this one sort of felt like maybe it had one. Nasty stuff.

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snooting@wetshav.ing ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I found the bit about which type of razor to pick for which type of beard interesting.

I also found this interesting. I’ve only used hollow grind razors, and would love to try other grinds at some point.

I have to say I’m skeptical about the grind needing to be different for different types of facial hair though. I’d assume that as long as a razor is sharp it’ll shave well with good technique. I’ve definitely been wrong before though!

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- gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I agree. I think as your technique improves, you learn to adapt to different razors. If the average beard hair diameter is 100 microns (Gillette) then only the first 0.5 mm of the edge matters in cutting (I’m making assumptions about 3-sigma).
  
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