I took my AFM apar his morning and discovered rust on the threaded cap post. I had seen this on my earlier AFM razors.
That saddens me. With a decent blade this shaved adequately.
That saddens me. With a decent blade this shaved adequately.
Same with mind but in the handle. I oiled it to keep the razor longer. I have been drying the razor with a towel too, so the metal is particularly low quality.I took my AFM apar his morning and discovered rust on the threaded cap post. I had seen this on my earlier AFM razors.
That saddens me. With a decent blade this shaved adequately.
I have some exposed metal under the plating, on my threads, but it looks like reclaimed copper pot metal, not steel that would actually rust. More like oxidized copper.Same with mind but in the handle. I oiled it to keep the razor longer. I have been drying the razor with a towel too, so the metal is particularly low quality.
Curious, what was the issue with your Lord razor? I also tried a Lord L6 and found it ridiculously aggressive to the point where I changed razors shortly after starting the shave. Never touched it again. Did you have the same problem?I'm sorry this is NOT for me. I've had too many times folks touted mid grade goods as great and I bit an thought they sucked. Low grade goods as good/great. I'm not even trying.
Once bitten, twice shy. The cheapest DE i have ever found that is acceptable is the Feather butterfly. Recently bought a Lord razor for cheap from AMZ. Got it, opened it and binned it. Junk. Period end of story. Not wasting my time.
I'm sorry this is NOT for me. I've had too many times folks touted mid grade goods as great and I bit an thought they sucked. Low grade goods as good/great. I'm not even trying.
Once bitten, twice shy. The cheapest DE i have ever found that is acceptable is the Feather butterfly. Recently bought a Lord razor for cheap from AMZ. Got it, opened it and binned it. Junk. Period end of story. Not wasting my time.
I don't think any of us are claiming this razor or blade is great.I'm sorry this is NOT for me. I've had too many times folks touted mid grade goods as great and I bit an thought they sucked. Low grade goods as good/great. I'm not even trying.
Once bitten, twice shy. The cheapest DE i have ever found that is acceptable is the Feather butterfly. Recently bought a Lord razor for cheap from AMZ. Got it, opened it and binned it. Junk. Period end of story. Not wasting my time.
In the AFM's defense, I took it to summer camp with me. I wasn't drying it, and it was sitting in a ziplock bag under my hammock tarp all week while I wasn't using it.Same with mind but in the handle. I oiled it to keep the razor longer. I have been drying the razor with a towel too, so the metal is particularly low quality.
I'm claiming decent and functional for $1.25I don't think any of us are claiming this razor or blade is great.
With another blade, it was adequately usable. That said, even then, it was the worst shaving razor I owned. I agree with you though, with respect you can get a decent shave with it with minimal discomfortI'm claiming decent and functional for $1.25
Yeah, oddly enough, the only rust I've ever found on the AFM seems to be centered around the screw and thread elements. I had thought maybe I'd put a dab of Vaseline or something on mine, but I didn't get around to it.I was reading the other posts about the AFM razor rusting already, and thought “man, why aren’t these guys just drying their razors”….
Went to inspect mine and found said rust inside the handle 🫣🫣
I’ll push through my remaining challenge shaves this week and then the AFM combo will need to meet my trash bin.
Now I have to check mine out as well.I just pulled my AFM razor back out to look to see if mine had rust. It's been set aside since I finished my week of shaves.
What?!? The stem threads have quite a bit of "rust dust" as does the handle threads. You can't see it unless you take it apart. Everything else looks good. Nooooooo!!
Calm_shaver can you pm me? I’m super new and it won’t let me message you. Question about your apexHello my Fellow Gents,
As per Gus aka @GlazedBoker for this thread : $1.25 razor challenge thread, He wanted to let you gentlemen that were waiting on a razor from him that it will not happen as he no longer has access to their particular mailing addresses. Sadly, he informed me that Gus is not a member any longer of B&B, so no access to his account. I am just passing along the message from my good friend Gus, so I hope I don’t catch any heat or flak for it.
Just that Gus @GlazedBoker is no longer available to support the thread and that if someone wants to step up and take control, Gus gave permission to do so - “by all means they should”.
All the Best,
C_S
I think you need a minimum of 10 posts to pm.Calm_shaver can you pm me? I’m super new and it won’t let me message you. Question about your apex