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Post by lloydrm on May 6, 2016 0:36:52 GMT -6
Only one shave in and am already hooked. I got a silver-colored one. What a razor!
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spidey9
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Post by spidey9 on May 6, 2016 0:56:33 GMT -6
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Post by mjclark on May 6, 2016 1:53:45 GMT -6
Shake Sharp is the new Streamline!
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Post by mjclark on May 15, 2016 1:19:46 GMT -6
And I'm very lucky to have now acquired the later gold handled Shake Sharp to go with my bakelite handled one: The shave from both razors feels very similar to me, and equally incredible. Aggressive, lots of blade feel, very loud and very very smooth with no irritation. Coupled with the wide choice in DE blades, on paper this is the perfect safety razor. The DE blade is braced and given rigidity from the upward pressure of the hone which is on a sprung mechanism. And in this later version there's also a lot of curvature on the blade for extra rigidity whereas in the bakelite version the blade is almost flat: And can that hone do anything for stainless blades? I suspect it can since stainless straights are amenable to honing. But first it will rip off any coatings on the blade and I noticed this effect after shaking the razor with a beautiful NOS Gillette Platinum in it. This razor really manages to make a DE blade perform like an SE and it shaves like a dream. The enclosed literature suggests flipping the blade every ten shaves so that both sides of the edge are honed. Pure magic!
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norfolkdick
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Post by norfolkdick on May 15, 2016 13:09:49 GMT -6
And I'm very lucky to have now acquired the later gold handled Shake Sharp to go with my bakelite handled one: The shave from both razors feels very similar to me, and equally incredible. Aggressive, lots of blade feel, very loud and very very smooth with no irritation. Coupled with the wide choice in DE blades, on paper this is the perfect safety razor. The DE blade is braced and given rigidity from the upward pressure of the hone which is on a sprung mechanism. And in this later version there's also a lot of curvature on the blade for extra rigidity whereas in the bakelite version the blade is almost flat: And can that hone do anything for stainless blades? I suspect it can since stainless straights are amenable to honing. But first it will rip off any coatings on the blade and I noticed this effect after shaking the razor with a beautiful NOS Gillette Platinum in it. This razor really manages to make a DE blade perform like an SE and it shaves like a dream. The enclosed literature suggests flipping the blade every ten shaves so that both sides of the edge are honed. Pure magic! Greetings I always wondered how the blade was kept 'taught'/rigid call it what you will, it seems to me that is always the problem to solve if you wish to design a razor away from the usual DE style utilising standard DE blades especially a SE. The top cap bends and tensions the blade in a DE in a SE another method has to be found and from what you are saying it seems The Shake Sharp came up with an answer. Is the sharpener a novelty to sell the razor or do you think with carbon DE blades like the old thicker ones or even the modern Treet Carbons it would work? I have just realised this is a continuation of Drumzalot's original thread, I miss Joe and his wonderful superbly illustrated reviews of the really quirky razors, he seemed to just vanish, is anybody in contact with him? Regards Dick.
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Post by mjclark on May 15, 2016 14:33:41 GMT -6
I do believe that the hone will work with stainless blades too although it will rip the coating off them first. Stainless straights can be honed well but just take a bit longer, so subs require more shakes with the Shake Sharp. If the hone really contains embedded diamond dust then it is certainly up to the task.
And yes it would be good to hear from Joe.
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spidey9
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Post by spidey9 on May 15, 2016 15:58:42 GMT -6
I don't think that modern blades would hone well in the shake sharp. The problem would not so much be the material as the 3 facet bevel used by most modern blades. I haven't actually tried it, so I could be completely wrong. Since I still have a couple hundred DE blades left from when I used DE's and the only razors I now have that use them are the Shake Sharp, a Golf 71 and my soon-to-be-arriving Rocnel, I don't see much point in worrying about stropping blades. Except perhaps out of curiosity. --Bob
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Post by mjclark on May 15, 2016 20:00:21 GMT -6
Yes - I suppose that the only way to find out if the Shake Sharp sharpens stainless blades successfully is to try it in practice and see what happens. Watch this space...
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Post by jmudrick on May 26, 2016 14:46:39 GMT -6
I have a bakelite SS on the water (will post pics). I know there are a zillion Blue Blades out there, but how often are they sufficiently free of rust etc to make honing practicable?
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Post by mjclark on May 26, 2016 23:25:26 GMT -6
I have a bakelite SS on the water (will post pics). I know there are a zillion Blue Blades out there, but how often are they sufficiently free of rust etc to make honing practicable? Nice acquisition! And welcome to TOST - what a good way to start off NOS blades, with the packet still sealed in cellophane are often excellent.
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Post by jmudrick on May 31, 2016 20:23:47 GMT -6
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Post by mjclark on May 31, 2016 23:03:27 GMT -6
A beautiful razor! It will be interesting to hear what you make of it.
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Post by jmudrick on Jun 1, 2016 10:54:19 GMT -6
I like the shave, sufficiently aggressive for me (Personna Blue), feels more bladey than my Superspeed/Tech/Slim but pretty smooth, especially for a first time out. A little clunky putting it together but will get used to that. Also will need to get used to not being able to see the shaving edge because of the head angle,it makes the sideburns hard to judge with precision. Very happy overall, will be on the lookout for a gold later model sibling.
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