This is the description http://everything2.com/title/Stop+spending+money+on+razor+blades?cool_id=2016157&op=cool
Anyone tried it?
Anyone tried it?
Now, pretend that your leg is your cheek and "shave" the stretched denim towards you using the same angle of cut you use on your face 15-20 times with the blade to be sharpened attached to the "handle." Now repeat this process at the same angle as before but push the razor away from you 15-20 times. Be sure to clean any lint that may have gathered on the blade off before attempting to use it! Well-used denim will almost never leave much lint and the results only appear to differ by >10% (favoring the less-used fabric).
Lehmans (an Amish supply house in Ohio) sells a device which they claim is able to sharpen disposable razors:
http://www.lehmans.com/store/Person...es___Disposable_Razor_Sharpener___36731?Args=
They claim you can get up to 45 shaves per cartridge using this.
I was intrigued by it and was considering trying it out until I decided instead to turn to DE and Straight razor shaving.
Before I switched to DE shaving I used the two blade disposable razor. I had this stand that I'd put the razor in after I was done using it. The stand set the razor, blade down, onto a magnet. This would keep the blades aligned, and increase the life and use of the disposable. Don't ask me how but the thing worked. I could get a good 4 weeks out of one disposable. I think the thing cost around 9 or 10 dollars. I've still got it as I keep a cheap Bic single blade disposable in it for trimming the hair around the inside of my ears. The Bic is small enough to get inside the ear, and if used very carefully it won't nick me.
I've used one one of these for several years now- believe it or not this December will be two years I have used the same twin-blade disposable razor, almost every day.
This is a quote from one of the reviews. Believe it---or not!!
I've seen some devices in antique stores for stropping DE blades. The leather on the ones I have seen are too far gone to save, but you could replace it with a new piece. I suspect for something like a DE blade it could work.
A couple things to keep in mind with this device:
1) It was designed for older style blades which were much thicker. Current production blades are much thinner, and thus may not fit snugly in the device.
2) Any attempt at sharpening/ honing a DE blade will immediately remove the various blade coatings on the blade, resulting in a rougher feeling shave.
3) The devices that perform this function all require a ton of handling of the blade to insert it into the device. How many nasty cuts are you willing to inflict to your hands to save a mere .10 cents?
4) With DE blades costing as little as .10 cents each, I don't think this endeavor is even worth entertaining.
A couple things to keep in mind with this device:
1) It was designed for older style blades which were much thicker. Current production blades are much thinner, and thus may not fit snugly in the device.
2) Any attempt at sharpening/ honing a DE blade will immediately remove the various blade coatings on the blade, resulting in a rougher feeling shave.
3) The devices that perform this function all require a ton of handling of the blade to insert it into the device. How many nasty cuts are you willing to inflict to your hands to save a mere .10 cents?
4) With DE blades costing as little as .10 cents each, I don't think this endeavor is even worth entertaining.
+1 (and 10 cents ain't what it used to be!)
Corking a new blade is of course different and YMMV.
-jim
What means "corking a new blade"?