Jeltz said:I can't help with TI razors but with regards to touch up hones 8000 grit upwards is generally considered a finisher, so good for touch ups.
I don't own one but modern synthetics such as a Shapton Glass stone at 16k grit and Naniwa Superstone 10k or 12k are good. I understand that vintage barbers hones tend to be in the region of 8K although some are better and natural stones shouldn't really carry a grit rating as being natural they vary however in current production there are cheap but slow Chinese 12k stones (although probably not really equivalent to 12k) which work well with some effort and coticules which tend to come out equivalent to the about the 8-10K range.
If we are just talking about maintaining 2 razors a pasted strop (not your main one but a spare) will keep the edge going for quite a while between honings. One of the problems is that honing is that it is a bit of an art and takes some learning (although some seem to take to it easily) you may want to get a less valuable razor than that Dovo or a TI to learn with as many people have inadvertently wrecked the edge of a good razor just trying to touch it up.
pugh-the-special-one said:If I were you Mikael I would clamp that in a vice and take those marks out with a piece of wet and dry paper start with a 400 grit and work you way up with a 600 then keep on going you will polish that edge perfectly well quite quickly.
Regards Jamie
asharperrazor said:That is unacceptable. Although only a very thorough inspection by the retailer would catch that. It looks as though the razor was left to rust in some bin somewhere, then ground and the grinder forgot to grind the toe.
Looks like a case of pitting from the '50's.
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