Really? I had absolutely no luck - I checked WG, CVS, and Wal-Mart, and
everybody just looked at me funny when I asked for them (didn't see on
shelves). I'll ask again next time I'm in one of those and see if they can
do a special order of them, since the chain apparently does carry them.
Thanks!
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 5:40 AM, Mike Hord <mike.hord@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Thomas Coyle <zxcasd@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > There's an unfortunate repercussion of cutthroats no longer being
> generally
> > available - the difficulty in finding double-sided razor blades. If I
> don't
> > use such a razor, why would I want those blades? They make an excellent
> > beam-stop for high-powered lasers. I have a 1-watt-ish argon, and a 150W
> CO2
> > laser, and by taking a hundred double-sided razors and binding them
> together
> > with machine screws, the thinness of the blades combined with the sharp
> > edges causes light to just stop dead by reflection between the blades.
> I'll
> > have to post a picture sometime - it's pretty spectacular if you haven't
> > seen it before; no matter how bright your light, the side of the
> beam-stop
> > just looks flat black. When I was making it, I had to turn to Ebay to buy
> my
> > blades, at extortionist rates.
>
> Interesting.  I can think of three stores within just a couple of miles of
> here
> that I KNOW sell DE blades for safety razors, including a Walgreens drug.
>
> Mike H.
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