Crown and Sword

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02-01-2007, 06:41 PM
Bradford Si

Crown and Sword

Worthwhile e-bay special or not?

Simon
02-01-2007, 06:43 PM
superfly

Yes

Nenad
02-01-2007, 06:44 PM
JerseyLawyer

A quality brand. Thumbs up.
02-01-2007, 06:50 PM
Bradford Si

Cheers guys. A bidding we shall go!
02-03-2007, 05:14 PM
Lynn

I travel with one of these in my bag frequently. Tis a 6/8 and shaves like a dream.

Good luck.

Lynn
02-04-2007, 01:33 PM
nerobot

Glad to hear that they are good because I have one wating for me to restore it after the one I'm currently working on. I'm now on 400 grit from 240 grit so should be able to post some pictures of it in the next month or so.

Steven
02-04-2007, 03:17 PM
ernestrome

My second ebay buy and still one of my faves.
02-04-2007, 05:32 PM
Bradford Si

it's got some deep rust on the spine. Any ideas?
02-27-2007, 12:50 PM
AV_Shaver

Just picked up a real nice 6/8 Crown & Sword on EbayUK for £12. Needs a bit of work but should scrub up a treat.
03-01-2007, 06:45 AM
Bradford Si

Quote:

Originally Posted by AV_Shaver

Just picked up a real nice 6/8 Crown & Sword on EbayUK for £12. Needs a bit of work but should scrub up a treat.

I dremelled mine around the etching and used 1200 grit forllowed by Carr and May steel polish and it doesn't look too bad at all:) shiny shiny.

My next decision is to try hone it myself or have it done properly. So far the consensus seems to be that they are too nice for a muppet like me to trash so...
03-01-2007, 01:13 PM
AV_Shaver

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bradford Si

My next decision is to try hone it myself or have it done properly. So far the consensus seems to be that they are too nice for a muppet like me to trash so...

Do you know anywhere in the UK that does professional honing. I don't mind about the cost as long as it's done properly.
03-02-2007, 07:24 AM
Bradford Si

Quote:

Originally Posted by AV_Shaver

Do you know anywhere in the UK that does professional honing. I don't mind about the cost as long as it's done properly.

So far not found anywhere! Pea and Nerobot were talking about starting a UK 'Where can I thread...?' as we a thin on the ground and I think a sticky would be a good idea.

My main straight is with Lynn as we speak and I have more or less dedided to dive in with a norton and try hone the Crown using the Lynn sharpened blade as an unachieveable reference.

LX_Emergency says the steel is very hard on the Crowns so if I fail I'll be asking one of these nice gentlemen on here to accept my offer of dollars, euros etc and get it nice and sharp...I think I have pestered Lynn enough.

However there are quite a few experienced UK members you could try? You never know!
03-02-2007, 04:23 PM
RichZ

You should try to hone it. You are going to need to do it in the future so jump in and give it a try. Some razors are just more difficult than others. I have a Filarmonica that I can't get right no matter what I do yet the other day I got my 6/8 Puma hair splitting sharp in no time. Go figure. :gth
03-02-2007, 05:45 PM
jscott

tony miller has all his blades honed by LX_emerency (here on this board) before he sells them. LX_emergency lives in Europe.. holland maybe? that close enough for ya?

drop him a PM.

~J