Gillette Safety Razor Up Close

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Gillette Safety Razor Up Close

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Here's an up close of a Gillette DE(safety) razor that people like. It looks like it has a miniature hamon? I'd thought it might be an interesting to see the effects of their different machines/wheels and the edge itself.

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Is this of the blade itself? Which model: 7'oclock, silver blue, platinum, etc....
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Curious to know more about the different regions seen. Cool.

Is there a coating on the blade? Is this a stainless blade? (Then likely not a hamon? Or am i mistaken that its Carbon only?)
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I don't look at enough of these type of magnifications to recognize the good and bad spots. It would be interesting to see a comparison of bunch of different ones under the microscope.
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Crap! I forgot about this post. Sry guys.

I believe this razor was new. Don't know if there's a coating or not(could be what the wavy line is). Don't know which model. I got the picture in a sneaky way. I was watching 'How stuff is made'...and they were showing how these are done. During the show(on youtube) the above photo was offered for a few seconds, so I 'print screen'd' it.
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Here are a few @~205X
The Feather is the most aggressive while the Astra gives the smoothest shaves.

Astra Superior platinum
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Derby Extra platinum
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Gillette 7 O'Clock
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Feather Hi-Stainless platinum
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Nice shots. It's interesting see up close edges of varying types. I'm still intrigued by the wavy line on the Gillette photo. Maybe a coating as Darkstar suggested.
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the top photo it looks to be progressively finer grit machining operations...3 different bevels or facets...aebl was originally developed as a razorblade steel and believe this is still the most widely used type of steel
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But what is the wavy little line? :) Must be a coating...
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