Review (1/5): Razor came with a frown honed into it
First razor came with a frown honed into the blade. I put the edge on a straight edge and I could see the frown. It was also not shave ready. I sent for a replacement. Other than this the razor was impeccable. I will update when I see how the next one comes.
Update: not sure about the positive reviews here. I have been honing for years. I finish on Japanese stones and get edges that wipe the hairs away with zero resistance. But I could not get a good edge on this blade. I had to use two layers of tape as the geometry was off. I got a decent bevel set but the blade just swarfs and swarfs on every stone. This tells me the steel isn’t hardened properly. Usually swarfing will stop when the steel is finished on the stone.
Although for a knife this is probably okay for ease of sharpening but a razor needs to be very fine grain and very hard in order to develop a keen edge that would probably chip on a knife.
I have honed stainless steel blades before and this blade although beautiful will not build a shave ready edge.