I am surprised you cannot find double edge razor blades. I walked into one store, found them and made a purchase.
Anyway.....double edged blades can be held in an exacto knife handle and used safely. They can also be broken in half long ways and used like a single blade.....and probably in an exacto knife handle.
May be very very difficult to find...but in the very old days there was a double edged blade sharpener. It is brand name Bello. "Bello Blade Sharpener". I know one fellow who educated me on it. He says he has been using the same blade for 5 years. And he is in bass territory.....no trout. He ties a LOT of deer hair poppers, and mice. So he uses the blade a lot. Still seems to be lasting for him.
Bugman is so way cool.
I was able to purchase one off ebay. But I don't see one on Ebay anymore. It looks like a pencil sharpener. It has a slide out mount. Place blade on the slide out and slide it in. Inside are two rollers that appear to be made out of leather or something. Sort of like sharpening a razor in the old days with a combiner belt. Anyway you crank the handle back and forth and the two rollers manage to sharpen both edges of the double edge razor blade.
I bought the only two I found on ebay. Not intentionally. I traded questions and answers with the seller of one of them. He did not know much about it. I told him how to check it out. He already had it packaged for shipment. He took it back out and removed the cover and checked it out. I felt very confident about this one so I bought it at the "Buy It Now" price.
I had bid on the only other one at $11 shipped but did not expect to win that bid. I paid approx $27 for the other one. Partially because it is just a neat tool to have...and you always know where your double edged blade IS. Anyway I won the $11 one also. Then the paypal pmt didn't go through to the seller and so she gifted it to me. FREE! I'm gonna send her some bucks anyway.
I know...someone is going to say they can buy a lot of blades for $27. That's ok. I wanted one and I got one. It is so cool to own and use in my opinion. And I am not even into antiques and such. But I really like this tool.
Sorry to ramble. I am giving one to a good friend of mine. So I don''t know how one could find one. But a neat tool and fun to own.
Just FYI for those who don't know about them and or might find one in an antique shop.
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