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#581

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Atlanta, GA
(05-26-2018, 05:56 PM)ANG69 Wrote: Could not resist the urge and polished my Karve-R. Will be shaving with the E-plate tomorrow morning.

Aesthetically, when polished it looks better than any of my DE and SE razors.

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Wow. Just wow!!


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#582
(05-26-2018, 05:56 PM)ANG69 Wrote: Could not resist the urge and polished my Karve-R. Will be shaving with the E-plate tomorrow morning.

Aesthetically, when polished it looks better than any of my DE and SE razors.

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You're killing me here. Gorgeous.

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#583
And it perfectly fits into the Sabre stand...


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#584

Merchant
Santa Rosa - CA
(05-26-2018, 11:02 AM)vtmax Wrote:
(05-26-2018, 07:36 AM)Matsilainen Wrote: It’s been fun reading all the comments about the Karve razor on this thread, and I’m hoping to get one at some point. (In brass, or possibly another material down the road.)


I’m hearing Stainless and Titanium.Wink


Or a PVD or DLC coating of the brass model. I was researching sending the razor out for a PVD coating Smile

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#585
(05-26-2018, 06:10 PM)ksn2273 Wrote: That looks fantastic, Alex! What did you use to polish it?

Thank you! On the top cap I used the 1K-2K-3K sandpaper progression followed buy a 20 minute Dremel session with the yellow jewelers compound. The base plate - only the Dremel and the yellow compound.

It provides sublime shaves, it looks STUNNING, and it is at least at half price of any of my top razors. It is a Game Changer for me.

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#586

Member
Seattle
(This post was last modified: 05-26-2018, 07:11 PM by CCity.)
(05-26-2018, 06:46 PM)ANG69 Wrote:
(05-26-2018, 06:10 PM)ksn2273 Wrote: That looks fantastic, Alex! What did you use to polish it?

Thank you! On the top cap I used the 1K-2K-3K sandpaper progression followed buy a 20 minute Dremel session with the yellow jewelers compound. The base plate - only the Dremel and the yellow compound.

It provides sublime shaves, it looks STUNNING, and it is at least at half price of any of my top razors. It is a Game Changer for me.

I bought a couple of Cape Cod polishing cloths to try (as I'm without proper polishing gear). I'm currently without a base plate, as I sold my D as soon as I placed an order for an F on May 9. Tracking tells me my new F plate arrived at my office this morning. It will be much shinier than my handle and top cap, both of which I bought in December and are fairly burnished. I like the worn look, but they both will look quite a different color from my new F plate, so I plan to polish the handle and cap to make them look like their new friend, the F plate. We'll see how it goes. I'm absolutely certain my polishing work will not look near as nice as yours--that razor is simply stunning!
--Scott
#587
Thank you, Scott! If you use the 1K-2K-3K-4K sandpaper progression, the CC polishing cloths with a bit of a jewelers gold polishing compound could be just enough.

BTW, I did not polish the entire handle - left the middle section intact and will let it develop patina to create a nice contrast between the polished parts and the handle.

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#588

Member
Woodstock, VT
Amazing Alex! The new Razorock razor was enthusiastically named but the Karve really is a game changer. Great D shave again this AM!

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#589
The more I read it’s getting harder and harder to not pick one up. Damn you!!!

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#590
I decided to not go full polish, did top cap, handle neck and bottom. I love the look.[Image: 2fae75414e216596baed2c193f22e835.jpg][Image: d4de5604133b47753254549f5f5fec5a.jpg][Image: 52fc00622695eb571bf5457317ee7459.jpg]

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