Okay, I found my way here because I'm doing some research on a 7-day set of Cattaraugus. But I've also wondered for many years about whether there was still some corner of the world (well, some place in THIS part of the world, being the mid Atlantic US) where one might still get a shave as in the old days, in the barber's chair. Sorry, I'm pretty obviously ignorant on the subject, but I've been told that since the advent of AIDS this service has all but been outlawed (true?).

While I am curious to try a straight razor myself, the set I have is a collectable and I wouldn't need something like it myself. I's like to clean it—no, don't worry...I've not done anything with it yet. So I tried to find some forum posts on simple cleaning—haven't yet. I'll probably do nothing with them and let an expert do this, but before I offer it I thought, if there IS some very basic, and safe cleaning I could do, I'd like to.

I have the Cattaraubus Cuttlery Co guide book, but it doesn't show this particular blade, nor does it mention the 7-day set with leather box. Anyway, that's all for now. Any pointers to the cleaning or otherwise, thanks in advance. I'll try to get a round to taking some photos as well.

Paul