Thread: Not shave ready!

What type of razor is it? I just curious, I'd glad hi bud is helping you out. Many of the members will.

I got here a little late in the thread, but if you want I'll hone it for you for the price of shipping. I'm no honemeister, but all of my razors shave comfortably, and the few I've sold have been well received.

My own start was pretty rocky. I bought a Dovo Classic Special, a DMT D8EE, and a linen and leather strop, and tried to do everything myself from the start. The first few shaves were pretty painful until I got the honing down, and a few hundred laps on the linen strop helped a lot too.

I'd hate to see a new guy get off to that bad of a start, so if you're interested, just let me know.

Ya did a little stropping before the shave, maybe should have done a few more laps. I was worried about rounding the edge so I wanted to take it easy. Oh ya, hi bud on here actually already offered to do the same. Thanks for the offer though Alex, appreciate it! Your right Scott, as much reading and cruising SRP that I do I have that much further to go in gaining the experience. As for the razor I'm pretty proud of my first acquisition so I just attached a picture. The original box came with it, its in perfect condition which is surprising to me. Thanks for your responses everyone!

I love the scales on those. That's a very nice first straight you have there. Should shave you a lifetime if you get it taken care of.

These Droeschers are really nice razors.

Ya I'm still amazed at the condition its in. Production stopped on these I think 1920 or 25 and started 1890. Its very close to those dates, but other than just some minor spotting on the blade its in perfect shape. I know it was used cause it was loaded with whiskers when I got it!

The blade is blued or something which you can see in the picture, would anyone know how to get the spots out without ruining the finish? Its not a big deal, if its possible though I would like to do it.

Thanks

Ahhhh!!... the Black Smith… lovely razor you have there. The tang, Tail and Spine all the way up to the tip is blued (beautiful glazed black oxide)… The face is brushed steel, so you may “carefully” clean the face with metal polish on a polishing cloth between the fingers and thumb and she will be OK… but do this before you send her out to be honed.… keep her dry.

Ya I'm pretty excited about it and I'll try that. I have MAAS and assume that'll do. Thanks Smythe!

Really? I never knew the whole blade was blued, from your picture I thought that's fairly even patina. The only one with full bluing that I have is the Bresduck Lifetime Rooster.
My Black Smith definitely has the tang and the spine blued, but the blade looks like it never was blued - nice and shiny with nice deep grinding marks. But I wouldn't be surprised if they made them differently through the years.

Originally Posted by gugi

Really? I never knew the whole blade was blued, from your picture I thought that's fairly even patina. The only one with full bluing that I have is the Bresduck Lifetime Rooster.
My Black Smith definitely has the tang and the spine blued, but the blade looks like it never was blued - nice and shiny with nice deep grinding marks. But I wouldn't be surprised if they made them differently through the years.

No, not the whole blade... The bluing is on the tang, tail and the spine up to the tip. The face has the usual grind marks and is not blued (that's what I call "brushed steel"). So he can clean the face to remove some of that patina that has gathered over the years.
I think have a few other brands with that type of bluing including a DD No1 and Genco fluid steel... I just love the two-tone bluing.