Thread: Getting my blade near Boston shave-ready

Originally Posted by Brontosaurus

I think their honing service provider is located in Revere, or maybe Lynn.

Well, I hope that honing service is in Lynn. Because if it's in Revere, the razor could come out the way it went in, but... that never happens in Lynn.

Originally Posted by jmabuse

Well, I hope that honing service is in Lynn. Because if it's in Revere, the razor could come out the way it went in, but... that never happens in Lynn.

It's a bad sign when you have to explain your own joke but here goes -- there's an old rhyme about Lynn's reputation:

Lynn, Lynn, the city of sin
You never come out, the way you came in
You ask for water, but they give you gin
What looks like gold is really tin
If you're not bad, they won’t let you in
It’s the damnedest city I’ve ever lived in

Originally Posted by jmabuse

It's a bad sign when you have to explain your own joke but here goes -- there's an old rhyme about Lynn's reputation:

Lynn, Lynn, the city of sin
....

Note one of the better honemasters we know is named Lynn.
If a razor goes into his shop his reputation is that it will come out nicely finished.

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

Note one of the better honemasters we know is named Lynn.
If a razor goes into his shop his reputation is that it will come out nicely finished.

Indeed - that was my first thought!

Didn't Lynn found this site?

Originally Posted by ansibil

Indeed - that was my first thought!

Didn't Lynn found this site?

Yikes, no disrespect intended to Lynn Abrams! We are all the beneficiaries of Lynn's work in setting up this site.

I was referring (as the thread was) to Lynn, Massachusetts, a coastal town north of Boston:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn,_Massachusetts

Lynn is about two miles north of Revere, Massachusetts, also mentioned earlier in the thread. Lynn, Massachusetts was established in 1629 and is named after the town of King's Lynn, which is in Norfolk, England.

I hope this resolves any and all concerns in the matter.

So I got my razor back yesterday. It went to Siraco Sharpening & Bojo Clipper Service in Lynn, Massachusetts. Don't know if any of you all have experience with them, or can tell me how it would compare to a honemaster who only does straights.

Still waiting for the day when I can get a good shave from a straight razor.

Here are some pictures of the blade before use.

Well good luck with the edge that a sharpening service puts on it. I truly hope it's good, nut don't come back after all the good advise bit%#^*g about the edge, these guys and their machines don't get along with a razors edge, but who knows maybe he really does shave with them and knows his way around a razor hone, probably not, but here's to hoping. Tc