I was quite happy to receive my Mike Martinez Custom 3/4 Hollow Ground 8/8 Straight Razor yesterday from Martinez Blades. It’s 52-100 Steel with stabilized curly box elder burl scales harvest
Tag: Straight Razor
Shapton 16K Straight Razor Edge Chipping Controversy
This microscope progression of a Klas Tornblom 185 Hollow ground razor comes as a result of an ongoing conversation started back in 2009 with Sham (a.k.a. hibudgl on the forums), who is one of the
3 Shaving Videos with 3 Different Maestro Wu Cleavers – OMG!
Warning – In all seriousness, please do not attempt to do this without a mastery of the proper wet shaving techniques – it is extremely dangerous. The people in the following videos are
Maestro Wu D-4 Cleaver Turned into a Straight Razor using the Wicked Edge (WEPS)
Warning – I have over 9 years of straight razor shaving experience, so please do not attempt to shave with the biggest, sharpest implement of destruction you own! As with all challenges, some
My Theory on Overhoning Straight Razors – Part 2
This is the second installment of My Theory on Overhoning Straight Razors. Part 1 Can be found here. The next problem with the theory of overhoning is a little more complicated. That is the part th
My Theory on Overhoning Straight Razors – Part 1
We had knife sharpening competition with some heavy hitters in the Keeping Sharp sub-forum of the Knife Forums. The idea behind this one started out for guided devices such as the Wicked Edge (WEPS
Straight Razor Honing Review Part 2
This just came in from a gentleman in Sweden, whose razors I recently honed. I finished one of them on the Shapton 30K, and the one reviewed here was finished on Ken’s 0.125 (eighth) micron C
Shapton Pro Slip Stones – Available in 4 sizes and up to #30,000 Grit!
We have added a line of Shapton Pro slip stones in several standard sizes*! Link There are 4 standard sizes available in all Shapton Pro Grits – From #120 to #30,000 (.5 micron): 6″ Rod
OT – Razors and Rainbows
So I was driving back to Kaohsiung with the family after seeing my knife guy, and we saw an amazing rainbow. It was much clearer in person, and as I pulled over to take a cell phone picture, the po
East Meets West Get Together 6/2010
Ken Schwartz of Precision Sharpening flew in to New Jersey from California on Friday night. Although I have had countless hours of Skype calls, we had never met face to face until now. We got home