Thread: FS:Wapienica razors

So did I. They sell enough for a change of career as a mercenary!

Hi finally I got the razor wojtec76 is selling here in Poland. I post hi-res pictures so you can take CLOSE look .
I think that the blade looks fine the scale is made of two pieces of metal that you can easily bend - it feels light and delicate. It also seems a bit small but since this is my firs razor I can not judge.
As for the ‘box’ it is made of cartoon it has the name of company WAPIENICA and on the second part (it is dark so it is hard to notice) it says: SURGICAL RAZOR
It really has this special feel of communism (it was produced in Poland around 70’s) that most of you were lucky to never experience…
I can’t wait for someone with straight shave experience to test the EDGE of this razor…
I still need some study to take my firs shave…

Man, I love the styling of this baby. It's so Eastern Block old-school. Being born in a former communist country (ex-Yugoslavia), I was also exposed to the bare bones socialist functionality. Let's hope the steel is fine-grained and tough enough to shave with.

It looks like they may have sold out of them then, perhaps Google and look at the cached page.
Mine came with 1 set of manual clippers, a hawk billed knife, a nail file (I think) 2 pairs of shears (not sure what kind) an all steel straight, around a 4/8" if that, a small handheld strop (basically a strip of leather tacked between the ends of a small curved piece of wood, and a comb. This was all stored inside a canvas bag with slots for each item (I may have forgotten one or two things, and a few other things were supposed to be included that I did not get, such is life when ordering surplus)
The whole kit was about 135. Technically that French army straight was the first straight I ever bought, perhaps 5 years ago, but that was before SRP and before knowledge about these was widespread. I also was able to hand-pick mine, at the location, from a large bag of them. Unfortunately, I used it as a knife...and it isn't available locally anymore for me to go look at. (The company was bought out by the same people who sell those lilliput models or whatever and come from a warehouse in Las Vegas or something these days)
Hope this helps.
John P.

I did the search for "razor" too at John P's site and it does look appealing. Simple, but appealing.

Please let me know if any of you get it and shave with it. It is one which I think I may go with if it gets good reviews.

I did shave everyday since Monday when I got it (the Wapienica razor). I must admit that it is not as comfortable as my Mach3 but, to my surprise, I don’t get more irritation and the shave is better and closer every day. I still have problems with my neck but rest of the face looks good after two passes.

I really look forward for a review of the razor by some experienced member here since this is my first razor and I really want to know how it compares to brands like DOVO.

Just received my hone and 2 razors! Thanks Wojtek!

The hone is 6x2 and looks as expected. It is a slate based hone that has been lapped on one side. How it will perform as a hone is to be determined.

The razors are surprisingly attractive and appear to be very well done. I noticed no flaws.

Here are some pics....






I am very pleased!

Well, I just finished honing the razors!

I examined the edge with the microscope first. It appeared better than any other new razor I have honed! Perhaps Wojtec did some honing on this before he sent it to me? The bevel was very narrow but clean. The razor was not shave ready when I received it.

I started with a 1000 grit sandpaper using a straight across angled tip push stroke. It was then that I noticed a very slight
warp to the blade. No big deal, some new Dovo's have been much worse. I simply changed to an X pattern stroke and then it honed up nicely.

Next I went to the Norton 4k followed by the 8K and finished with a coticule. Now the edge still looks very clean and is very sharp!

The steel is neither soft nor very hard. It reminds me of the standard steel used in German made full hollow razors.

This razor has a wedge grind, single concave, and it is very nicely done. The weight is neither very light nor heavy.

Tomorrow wll be the shave test.

So wojtec76 is the seller in the link? I ordered one yesterday and was wondering how fast the mail was for randy?

Originally Posted by pokkuhlag

So wojtec76 is the seller in the link? I ordered one yesterday and was wondering how fast the mail was for randy?

About 2 weeks?