[TheForge] any uses for used double-edge razor blades?

[Bruce .]

Some folks used to resharpen them.  For those who've never seen them, the
sharpeners are fine "stones", concave cylindrically.  You flex the blade
slightly into the concavity and move it back and forth to sharpen the
edge.  IIRC the devices gave some sort of assistance with this, but it's
been years since I've seen one.  (I've little use for razors...)

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:10 PM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>wrote:

> hello;
>
> as i was shaving today and changed the blade in my razor i started
> thinking if there was any use for used double-edge razor blades. even
> dull ones which will barely give you a shave will strap paint off of
> glass. i was thinking more along the lines of built up billets.
>
> are they too thin?s
> made of too varied metals and coatings to be worth the work required
> to make them usable?
>
> i use the double-edge safety razor because i have seen enough of plastic
> floating in the oceans and do not want to add to it. yes, in the middle
> of the wide oceans there are plastic handle razors floating amongst the
> six-pack plastic rings, plastic bags, etc.
>
> the mass of junk from the japan tidal wave is just now beginning to wash
> up on the pacific northwest coastline.
>
> --
> terry l. ridder ><>
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Bruce
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