Thread: Newbie - Heirloom Blade

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

It's time to hone that sucker up and put it to good use, that thorobred is ready to go, she just needs a tune up. JR Torrey made some of the best razor steel in the world, a little harder than most, but it will take an amazing edge and hold it . Definitely a step above the crowd.

I see you are in the KC area. Do you know anyone locally that you would recommend?

Check the clasifieds and look under the heading "member services".

You should definitely hone that thing up, I wish i had a family heirloom to use but apparently my family was just to lame to use a straight :P. As for fixing it up and polishing it, thats all up to you and the decision became yours on how it should look when you inherited it IMHO.

Vwoo,

That's one nice looking razor. Just me, but I have several heirlooms and I've pretty much left them with patina. Yours is in very good condition. If you're handling it a lot, put a light coat of oil, mineral, gun, etc. on it to prevent rusting.

Get it honed and use it. Here's the link to member services. Member Services - Straight Razor Place Classifieds

Beautiful Razor!!

Regards,

Howard

That looks like a really nice blade! When you said heirloom did you mean it has been passed down in your family?

There are some really good honers in the classifieds that live in MO, a couple are in the K.C. Area

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

That looks like a really nice blade! When you said heirloom did you mean it has been passed down in your family?

There are some really good honers in the classifieds that live in MO, a couple are in the K.C. Area

It was passed down to me from my grandfather. The blade originated from his father.

Originally Posted by Vwoo

It was passed down to me from my grandfather. The blade originated from his father.

Awesome. It is really cool to be able to shave with a family heirloom. You are pretty lucky in that regard.

Welcome to SRP, by the way. What part of the metro are you from?

Vwoo,

Here's a thread you might want to check out and keep up with. If you can make one of these you'll learn more in one day than 6 months of reading and experimenting.

Howard

http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...et-anyone.html

Originally Posted by SirStropalot

Vwoo,

Here's a thread you might want to check out and keep up with. If you can make one of these you'll learn more in one day than 6 months of reading and experimenting.

Howard

http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...et-anyone.html

Thanks for the info. I look forward to attending the event!

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Awesome. It is really cool to be able to shave with a family heirloom. You are pretty lucky in that regard.

Welcome to SRP, by the way. What part of the metro are you from?

Thanks. I am in Belton, you?