Thread: What Do You Have In The Mail Right Now?

[QUOTE=MrHouston;1773160]Henckels Twinworks Friodur "no stain" 451

It is supposed to be new old stock. My first new razor purchase!

Does "no stain" without an inox reference tell me anything about the date of manufacture?

Maybe with the location of the word inox but don't quote me on that.
Good luck on your first razor purchase. You picked a nice one.

Although not necessarily "in the mail", my wife bought a Norton 240/1000, 4000/8000, and flattening stone for my birthday! So, I have a chance to watch as many tutorials as I can before I get this 2 Oct.

No pic but just won an unused aluminum BSB-1 ! Very cool even for a brush maker, the RS400 MAY be my favorite handle ever. I am unsure of the knot it is a flat/fan set by the maker, I believe a HWM. Should be sweet !

I had my first Coticule delivered today. Hoping i can get home to see it tonight. Going t9 have to ship a couple loaner stones back to there home. With the fine freind i have made here it has been fun playing with other stones at no out of pocket. Thanks again Outback! Now to learn the Coti for real! Will post pics in the next day or two.

Originally Posted by GaryDrainville

Although not necessarily "in the mail", my wife bought a Norton 240/1000, 4000/8000, and flattening stone for my birthday! So, I have a chance to watch as many tutorials as I can before I get this 2 Oct.

Before you start to use them, watch a few of the top guys do their thing. After you have seen a few decide which one you want to follow and then once you start learning and honing, stick with that one persons technique until you get respectable edges. There are many paths to shave ready, most of them are correct but it is impossible to follow two paths at the same time. I used Glens videos, many other used Lynn's, and I'm sure there are many others. The other thing that I did that I found very helpful, was I would PM specific people with questions on honing, giving me one opinion. When you pose a question on th expensive forum you get a very wide range of correct answers, which is not always helpful. What really accelerated my honing skills was attending meets. Hands on is an excellent way to learn and to "hone" your skills.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Before you start to use them, watch a few of the top guys do their thing. After you have seen a few decide which one you want to follow and then once you start learning and honing, stick with that one persons technique until you get respectable edges. There are many paths to shave ready, most of them are correct but it is impossible to follow two paths at the same time. I used Glens videos, many other used Lynn's, and I'm sure there are many others. The other thing that I did that I found very helpful, was I would PM specific people with questions on honing, giving me one opinion. When you pose a question on th expensive forum you get a very wide range of correct answers, which is not always helpful. What really accelerated my honing skills was attending meets. Hands on is an excellent way to learn and to "hone" your skills.

Thanks so much for the advice. Fortunately, I'm the type that loads up on research before I do anything silly but understand that there's still a learning curve. I'm going to look through some local antique shops to find a razor to work with before I touch any of my straights. Thanks again - love this forum!

Gary

Originally Posted by GaryDrainville

Thanks so much for the advice. Fortunately, I'm the type that loads up on research before I do anything silly but understand that there's still a learning curve. I'm going to look through some local antique shops to find a razor to work with before I touch any of my straights. Thanks again - love this forum!

Gary

Happy Birthday whenever it is!

Originally Posted by engine46

Happy Birthday whenever it is!

Thanks! Oct 2 is the big day I'll be 54, sigh.

Gary

i bought a small lot off of flea bay. The pictures were terrible but the buy it now seemed like a risk I was willing to take. As expected it was mostly junk.

There are some great vintage horn scales in there with junk blades so I will get some usable bits and bobs. There was also this Wade and butcher at 7/8 that is ok. It will never be a glorious pinnacle of anyone's collection, but will likely make for a nice user grades razor.
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There was also this big beast of a William Stanton and Son measuring in at 9/8, with great scales.

Also in the mail was hones and G-10

And a nice razor from Australia that I bought from the classifieds, and a truly magnificent belt knife from a friend in Texas.

What, they felt razors?

Originally Posted by engine46

Atta-Boy Tom, I knew I had the information..................Lakeside! !920-1930

@Wildman, there actually a pretty cool razor.