Sharpening old razor blades
I bought myself, as a 50th birthday present, a DS (Double Sided) razor.
Oh, wow.
The shave it gives is beyond belief. Doing a "good shave" each day, or so (when I'm feeling lazy), has left my face feeling and looking fantastic. They are seriously amazing... for those who use disposables I can HIGHLY recommend the swap over. For the ladies, they will provide a clean, safe, shave of a texture you wouldn't believe... my wife comments on my face all the time since I've changed.... baby butt smooth :) :)
The blades give me about 5 shaves before they loose their keen edge. I do swap sides and turn the blade over (they are marked 1,2,3,4)
I'm hoping that people here might know of a nice technique that would be useful in getting these back to, well, razor sharp! :)
They are super thin, not at all like a Stanley blade. They flex easily, must be stainless spring steel, but they probably would resist a jig unless its quite clever. Simply swiping it on a 8000 or 16000 stone would be ineffective as it flexes like a leaf!
On a prior post in this sub, someone (Derek?) suggested using MDF with green stuff to hone chisels/planes. It won't dub the planes/chisels compared to a leather strop.
I do realise that these blades are cheap. $19 for 100 blades (500 shaves!) isn't going to break the bank.... but I thought getting and keeping a killer edge would be very nice indeed.
Any advice/wisdom will be most welcome!