Thread: Care to comment on new acquisition

Hey guys,

I just bought these three razors. (they're also my first

W&B The Clean Shaver
5/8 Frederick Reynolds
Simmons Hardware "royal Keen cutter"

Comments?

Any fellow Canadians here?

A hearty welcome to SRP. Don't be afraid to ask questions here.

Not knowing what shape those razors are in I would say you have 3 great razors there. Now, on to an important point. Since they are your first 3 straights I make a safe assumption that you are new to straights. Do you have any honing experience?

If I can make a suggestion send at least one out to one of this site's honemeisters (generally $25 or so including shipping back to you). It's gets more fun still. Eventually you are going to want to get hones. Also get yourself one or two cheap razors from ebay or an antique store/fair. You can use those for practice to develop your honing skills. With the shave ready razors you will have something to compare your edge against. When you are comfortable with your honing skills you can then proceed to put an edge on one of your nice razors.

Do you have a strop? You definitly need one prior to starting the use of straights. You can many of them in the Vendor's Corner.

Those are some great razors to start out with. There are more and more of us Canucks showing up all the time too.

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It's hard to comment on the razors without seeing pictures of them, but if they are in good shape they should all be good shavers. All are from solid manufacturers (except the Simmons; as I understand it they imported blades, and high quality blades at that).

Thanks for the replies guys,

the W&B and the Reynolds are supposed to be 'shave ready' (Actually I got the Reynolds from a member here)

THe Simmons is apparently in decent shape but not shave ready.

I'm also going to get two strops with it.

I was thinking that I might get some green compound from Lee Valley and maybe some Diamond paste to keep them sharp for a while.

I'm not sure I'm ready to invest in honing yet.

congrats on the recent buys. i live in southwestern ontario. you should get some pics on here as we would all like to see them.

I will when I get them. I'm still wating for them! Can't wait

I'm from New Brunswick

Hey Dups,
Another fellow Canadian saying hello. I'm in Edmonton AB, and just posted my first thread (check Newbies Corner). Haven't been here long but welcome to SRP!