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  • ramjambamalam@lemmy.catoMemes@lemmy.mlrazor blades
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    5 months ago

    It’s called honing and you can hone a blade on a piece of leather, like an old belt. It’s not sharpening per se, but it keeps the little burs on the blace’s edge lined up nicely so it stays sharp and if kept up, prevents the need to sharpen with something more aggressive like a sharpening stone (or the bottom of a coffee mug in a pinch).





  • ramjambamalam@lemmy.catoMemes@lemmy.mlrazor blades
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    5 months ago

    I’m talking about double-edge blades that fit into a handheld razor that looks a lot like a Gilette or Bic, except it’s all metal, and about 2% of the price per blade, not a straight “safety” razor that you might see a professional barber use.


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    5 months ago

    They probably shaved about the same but mostly used double-edged (100% steel) blades that could easily fit in a slot, rather than the plastic-clad, quadruple-blade nonsense sold for $8/cartridge.

    You can still buy double edged razors for about 10-15 cents apiece, by the way.