@stringerHey y’all. A Toyota Corolla straight razor, that I could find on yabe for less than 100USD.
What do you suggest? Orrrrrr…. What can be shaken loose from your box o goodies?
@stringerHey y’all. A Toyota Corolla straight razor, that I could find on yabe for less than 100USD.
What do you suggest? Orrrrrr…. What can be shaken loose from your box o goodies?
The question always is: can you restore the razor, and are you comfortable judging from the pictures whether you can restore the razor?Hey y’all. A Toyota Corolla straight razor, that I could find on yabe for less than 100USD.
What do you suggest? Orrrrrr…. What can be shaken loose from your box o goodies?
Messages work also to keep from being in BST jail.The question always is: can you restore the razor, and are you comfortable judging from the pictures whether you can restore the razor?
If so, I think Wade and Butcher is a good answer to this question. Solid shavers, plenty of them available at good prices.
As for my box o goodies, I once got in trouble here for saying I had something available on a non-BST thread, so...maybe make a WTB on the BST?
I can hook you up. I have a few hundred extra ones.Hey y’all. A Toyota Corolla straight razor, that I could find on yabe for less than 100USD.
What do you suggest? Orrrrrr…. What can be shaken loose from your box o goodies?
Hey y’all. A Toyota Corolla straight razor, that I could find on yabe for less than 100USD.
What do you suggest? Orrrrrr…. What can be shaken loose from your box o goodies?
Yup. I’m keeping it strictly vintage. I wanna be @stringer when I grow up.I was gonna say - for $100 you'll be able to get a really quite good vintage razor and to ping Stringer a message, but I see that's already been covered.
Will this be your first straight B...?
Yup. I’m keeping it strictly vintage. I wanna be @stringer when I grow up.
I own one of their cotton strops Bill, they're well made.
Both are really beautiful but man do I like that Dawson, very nice!Ah nice! Yeah - most vintage straights are very good indeed when properly honed up. Which isn't necessarily as difficult as some people like to make out, but does take a little while to get a feel for. And it's generally a good idea to get your first razor from someone who knows how to do it properly so you have something to aim for in the future.
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Here are a couple of old Sheffields I picked up very cheaply recently, both of which are great now I've cleaned them up a bit.
Ivory Stewart Dawson. This was actually part of a 7 day set of which there were three left. The other two are both beyond repair (or at least my inclination to try) so I'll just save the scales from them to put on other razors:
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Horn Thomas Turner:
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I guess it belongs here, as well.
I like the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy towel.
I can never really be one of those people who complains that their partner doesn't support their hobby. My spouse rolls her eyes sometimes when the eBay packages pile up 3 and 4 at a time outside. But she encourages me to pursue my interests and wants me to have space to work on my razors and knives and stones and display them and have them out to show people and talk about. And so I have been working on how to do that. Thought I would show my approach. Not sure where I'm going to put them. But I have found these old walnut pipe stands are super prevalent in antique stores around me for pretty cheap and they make great man cave razor stands.
This one is the Boston Brahmin set.
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This set features razors whose scales are made from a pale colored historically harvested animal derived material that is not bone or horn.
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These are all razors from my favorite brand, Friedmann & Lauterjung, aka Electric Cutlery Co.
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And these are Sheffield razors
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And for those that made it this far. I made a new honing video. There is a cat in it. But she is not harmed in any way. The AI picked a creepy still geez.
Old tobacco pipe holdersi fudgin lied. i got one from Proserpine Razor. I'll maybe get one more; a wedge. That's it though. Space is at a premium.
man, the pitting right near the edge on that filarmonica 13 hurts my soul. fingers crossed theres no pitting at the edge after a fresh bevel set. i have a fili 14 that is probably my favorite razor. they are fantastic shavers.A couple of real nice flea market finds today. Including a 1930/40s Filarmonica.
Super beautiful Filarmónica! I have sharpened several but Especial has something really special, that steel is already far superior to subsequent productions. Excellent find, it seems at least 24mm, the pitting does not seem deep at all, the steel is so good that it sharpens even on a brick. have funIA couple of real nice flea market finds today. Including a 1930/40s Filarmonica. View attachment 225151
A couple of real nice flea market finds today. Including a 1930/40s Filarmonica. View attachment 225151
I started honing it today. Judging by the hone wear it has never been used. I'm at about 600 laps or so on the SP1500. Still a couple little spots of pitting but it will clean up fine. I would have paid $100 cash for it no questions asked but luckily the guy didn't know what he had.You found a basically untouched 1st Gen Fili in a flea market?! Blimey.
And if that wasn't enough... you know those scales are original right? One of a few different animal-themed limited editions they did on some early razors. Very collectable / sought after I believe. (I read something about it B&B, but can't remember exactly what).
I don’t play with razors often, but this afternoon thought I should. So I got out every yellow stone I have just for good measure! Very amateurish at this razor thing but I’m sure after a playing around with lots of fine stones I’ll get something to work for me haha View attachment 225307
You know, I didn't try the Coticule x kiita for sharpening, but I think I will next time!Good you've got the Les Lat slurry stone in there, help speed up all those jnats a bit...
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