Originally Posted by
mackie
I am new to this site and this is my first post. I was looking for something on an Esmelin A Paris razor . I have one that I bought at a flea market. It had both handles broken and mostly gone so I made two new ones out of Padauk, and jeweled and sharpened the blade. I have restored and sharpened quite a few in the past and I shave with them. I am a knife maker. I can not get this razor sharp enough no matter what I do. I have started with a fairly course sharpening stone and worked up gradually to a fine 8000 razor stone, finishing with about 300 strokes on it. Still it will not do a very good job. My camera is on the blink so I can't send a pic for a few days. The steel seems to be of good quality. An interesting thing is that the finger loop or tang, is very small. Just thought I would put my two cents worth in. Thanks, Mack