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sxan@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I wish I could love straight edges, but oiling was the least of my maintenance concerns; stropping takes time and a little skill, and keeping your strop conditioned takes maintenance, and finding a reliable sharpener when you need a sharpen (no way I’m going to ruin a blade trying to learn how to sharpen it myself; kitchen knives are hard enough).

I agree with you about how good the shave can be. I solved my maintenance issues by getting a Feather Artist Club folding razor, and I use the safety blades in it. It’s close enough, and hella easier to maintain.

I’m glad you’re able to enjoy a true straight edge; the upkeep was just too much for me.

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PorkButtsNTaters666@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Feather Artist Club folding razor

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djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

no way I’m going to ruin a blade trying to learn how to sharpen it myself; kitchen knives are hard enough

Sharpening razors is easier than kitchen knives. It’s easy to mess up the bevel on a kitchen knife because you need to free-hand a constant angle. Razors lie flat on the stone. It’s honestly a very accessible and also satisfying skill to pick up, if you like that sort of thing.

My other Austere August Challenge is about eating into maintenance and making finding a reliable sharpener unnecessary, if you’re interested.

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Kaput@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Strope and edge maintenance suggestion. I built my own with a flat piecei of wood, about an in inch wide glued a strip of leather on both side and added polishing compound to one side.the leather I do 2 or 3 passes on the polishing side than 2 3 pass on the leather side. Being flat make it easy to strope at the right angle. I had it sharpened once, about 3 years ago and it still perfectly sharp

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- djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Stropping on a loaded strop glued to a firm flat surface indefinitely is also the way Rolls Razors and Darwin Hollow Grounds function.
  
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