I prefer the Clog-pruf, you might just have to get all three Micromatics to make sure… @snooting@sub.wetshaving.social does your MMOC have the raised dots that turn it down a bit?

You know, I’ve seen you mention this a time or two and I think noticed it elsewhere but still have yet to try it. Next razor I’m going to try and remember to bring some peanuts around. Usually I just try to get it shaving arm hair to determine if a bevel is set and then I cut an unsupported strand of hair as the final test but this does seem more convenient and might offer better feedback for the stages in between.

I looked to your videos for a bit more detail and found this, thanks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieTUQM0YwZA

Also, I’m curious which microscope you use? …nevermind, you answer in a comment here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmD7UJ6e0II&lc=Ugz6_cFe2Rd5nqrJzZp4AaABAg.A86bp_jlZxrA87yuAG-1oY that it’s this one https://www.dinolite.us/products/usb-microscopes/am73515mt8a/

Great, looking forward to the new decor whenever you get a sec. No hurry of course, never wise to hurry when straight razors are involved.

I tossed in a different thumbnail on the straight razor sub because I was a bit sick of it being the same image but I’ve not the level of interest in photography your SotD photos clearly exhibit so I’d be happy to see you swap out the super generic banner if you’d still be interested. Also not partial to the thumbnail I chose beyond the general idea that they not be the same thing and that it’d be kind of neat if the thumbnail showed the grind of a razor toe-on as the spine-as-honing-guide is very core to what makes a straight razor.

Oh neat, didn’t know they did a titanium one. Was it just that special edition or did it become a regular product at some point?

Unfortunately I think the best we can do with the situation is appreciate that they ever bothered to make the machined ones and that they are almost certainly subsidised by the zamac. Which is also why the price isn’t that far apart: few would buy the machined one if they sold it at the same margins as the zinc alloy.

It really is exhausting though. Every time I make a purchase decision I have to be skeptical because I might be getting the zamac-with-fancy-handle version of whatever product or service I’m trying to buy. Avoiding that takes time which is how they sell all this junk at a high margin. Especially with how we’ve integrated almost every facet of life into the economy. Contributes a bit to a sense of despair. So I try to appreciate the people that do sincere work and, instead of being frustrated by it, try to consider the time it takes to winnow the quality offerings from the grift as doing my part to signal a better direction for society.