Thread: Mom buying son gift needs help

Too funny, well wish her luck then, I thought looking for size 12 was hard enough, it's always out of stock!

Thanks for all the help guys, this site rocks. I have to go help a friend for a couple of hours but would love some more feed back especially with the strops and brushes or even a razor I may have over looked. Keep em coming

Originally Posted by Eights88

Thanks for all the help guys, this site rocks. I have to go help a friend for a couple of hours but would love some more feed back especially with the strops and brushes or even a razor I may have over looked. Keep em coming

Welcome to SRP. Sounds like a very nice present.
The srop from knifecenter is very well regarded, hopefully you don't end up paying another $30 in tax and brokerage fees for it, but the only way to avoid that is to get a strop from vintageblades.
As far as the brush goes, the one you've picked up should do the job, and the price is not bad. If you ask for recommendations for a better brush, I'd take VintageBladesLLC::... (seems like the ebony version is out of stock).
I actually haven't had rooney super, but I have finest which I use 95% of the time. But the rooney will cost you twice as much as the EJ, so it may not be an option.
You may want to give a call to vintageblades and see what jim would say. People who've talked to him say he's very helpful.

AHH, found the razor and strop from the classifieds!! Thanks Tony

Dovo Stainless Steel Micarta Scales, Black - Straight Razor Place Classifieds

I want to commend all the forum members that browse the newbie threads and take the time to respond. Top notch sites like this with great community spirit and support are hard to find. Well done Lads, keep up the good work.

Awesome present for my son for Christmas: Check

Tree: Check

Lights: ......... I'm off to hang lights in the dark

Thanks again I'll be sure to direct my son to STRAIGHT RAZOR PLACE

I love the way those scales look, you are indeed a fantastic mom. My mom gets me things like luggage, cooking pot, weird jackets (seriously, who wants a dark green leather trench coat? I mean really, is it any wonder I didn't enjoy high school more?)

Red

Thanks, I seriously can't wait to give it to him. This could be an addictive habit, now I'm off to find some good soaps.

that's great, you just can't go wrong with tony

Welcome!

I'm getting into this thread a little late, so I'm not sure if you are still thinking of the #827 strop, but let me say first that it is a rough strop. Meaning that it uses the back of the leather as a strop surface. I used that same model as my first strop, and ended up returning it and getting the #127 which is the flat version. I found that the rough surface on the strop wasn't very good for learning proper stropping.

The smooth leather #127 was much better for me, left a finer edge, and was easier to learn on. On the #827 (rough strop) I couldn't really tell which parts of the blade were in contact, compared to the smooth leather strop where I could feel the drag on the razor; and got better feedback on whether I was lifting the spine or not keeping the edge in contact.

Hope this helps!

-Dave

Thanks for the welcome, hello Surrey. This info is actually what I wanted to hear, I'm glad I was lucky to get both the razor and strop from Tony so didn't pull the trigger on the 827. Thanks for the heads up though I appreciate the info.

vintageblades carries the vulix brand brushes i paid
$25 for mine and it works great

Originally Posted by jszabo

vintageblades carries the vulix brand brushes i paid
$25 for mine and it works great

Sorry, this seems wildly off-topic. Care to explain? Or is this spam?