I've been able to pick up double edge razors regularly from ACE hardware, and Walgreens. Both places you'll need to ask for them because they are in locked cabinets to keep them away from kiddo's. :D
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I've been able to pick up double edge razors regularly from ACE hardware, and Walgreens. Both places you'll need to ask for them because they are in locked cabinets to keep them away from kiddo's. :D
I don't think I can help on this one. I use an electric mustache trimmer to trim my hair bugs.
DUH - I use my electric trimmer to do my beard!! Doesn't look as good as a deer hair bug!
Mike
that is a really good idea..
those double edge razorblades do get expensive if you tie a lot of deer hair flies requireing trimming with them... I have over 1 year on 1 blade so far out of a package of 5... I use a antique sharpener like the one on this link in case some of you are interested... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1930...item19d5213ba2 If you want cheaper do a search on razor blade sharpeners on ebay...
Bugman,
I hve one of those as well. Outstanding tool. I can trim hundreds of bugs with one blade.
For those of you without one of these, though, you can also get 'hair shaper' blades from the beauty supply store. They hold up to trimming deer hair for longer than the double edge shaver blades, and are safer to handle. Look like longer and thinner single edge blades wit ha really sharp edge.
A tip for using double edge blades, rather than breaking them, try holding them with an Exacto Knife handle. You can use both sides that way without handling the blade, and it gives you a better grip on the blade.
Buddy (with no scientific evidence to back this up either)
Although I break a double edge and use one side, I don't tye that many flies with trimmed deerhair so replacement or cost is not an issue. However, I know of one tyer who packs his hair so tight that he uses a Dremel tool, not sure about which attachment, to trim and shape the deer hair. This tyer tyed fantastic multi colored sunfish and other exotic type flies using deer hair for the entire tail, body and head. His flies were pieces of art and sold for the price of artwork too!
Allan
A while back I had a modern razor that had a battery powered beard trimmer built in to the handle. This was brilliant for trimming deer hair. Unfortunately it "went missing" when I moved home. Looking for another now, but I think the model has been discontinued. If memory serves it was a Wilkinson Sword one. I've also tried an eyebrow trimmer, but the comb on it was too fine.
Cheers,
A.
Gigmaster I tried hair clippers on my hair bugs but could not clip the bottom and could not trim the hair close enough to shape mine. Hair was packed to tight.
knucks
If you want to keep a double edge razor sharp, do what folks did back during the depression. In 1961 I was an apprentice in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Many of the Journeymen Machinists I worked with had lived through the depression. Carefully lay the dulled razor blade inside of a empty drinking glass, lay your finger on the middle of the blade and swipe it back and forth so that the cutting edge rubs against the inside curve of the glass. Turn the razor blade to the other side and swipe that side too. Just remember to handle the razor blade carefully. This trick worked eighty years ago and it still works today!!