Filarmonica 13 Doble Temple - Sello Oro

For my bday (yay) i got a NOS filarmonica 13. Dont know where my wife got it...but she told me the person have 2 and i will buy the other one today...dont know if keep it, sell it here or on ebay...

anyway...
the question...i TRY to shave with it last night...it was an ok result...although it seems sharpened dont know is enough or does it need more...how to know?
and where would be a good place to get it honed in the Nothern VA, DC area...

here is an iphone pic...i might post pics later...although i think every know how it looks like...

That's a great birthday present! Look here in the classifieds.
Member Services - Straight Razor Place Classifieds
Any one of them should be good.
Unless you can get it to someone with experience with straights, you'll probably just have to assume that it needs honing.

Welcome to SRP! That is a heckuva nice razor. If you buy the other don't be in a hurry to sell it. If you are going to get into straight razor shaving it is advisable to have a back up razor.

Here is the SRP Wiki with scads of great info to point you in the right direction and here are tutorial videos on various aspects of shaving, honing and preperation. :gl:

Welcome.

From what I hear they shave great.

Spend the $15 or what ever it is and get it honed.

Keep it. Keep it.

Happy Birthday and welcome to SRP,

Great razor! Get that razor to a honemeister (see classifieds). Before I found SRP, I tried to shave with a str8 for 3 years, off and on (my face could only handle so much abuse). The str8 was the sharpest blade I'd ever seen, but it wasn't shave ready. Once I found SRP (last Thanksgiving), I got a shaveready str8 and I've been happily shaving with str8s ever since. Get it honed by a pro and enjoy! :gl:

Congratulations on your bday and on your gift.
You're extremely lucky to have this razor. Now all you need is to get it properly honed to enjoy the razor to the max.
I have 6 Fillies and they are the best razors I have. I have one NOS just like that and it's one of my greatest shavers - smooth and sharp.

Keep it and enjoy it - these are getting rarer to get.

Thanks for all the reply!

:rock:

I will send it over Lynn some time this week for honing...

After realizing how expensive and "rare" (as in harder to find on NOS") this blades are, i think I'll keep it or I might swap it for some other razor (hint hint)...
I will not say how much i paid for each...but i will just say that the markup at CS is crazy...you guys have no idea how much money those guys are making with each sale...
My wife gave me one and then i bought the last one the place had in stock...i'm glad the SR craze hasn't arrive to Puerto Rico yet...they had no idea what they were selling...they probably thought they were making a good sale... :-D

I currently have a strop...i got one from "The art of shaving"...
I would like to have one one for like before shaving usage (the one i have i think will work just fine) and another with some spray or paste to keep it sharp between honing services...
Lynn told the one i have is soft and doesn't need the oiling...
So what kind of strop will i need?

Welcome to SRP first off...

If you are already talking with Lynn ask him about his very own SRD Premium strop, that is one sweet strop....

Tony Miller also makes some very high quality strops....

Either way you can't go wrong.....