Thread: First razor and 'hello'

Hello everyone!

I've been interested in straight razor shaving for a while now but i've finally bought my first razor. I stumbled apon a Boker 'King Cutter' today at an antique shop in Montreal. It was 40$ and seemed to be in pretty good shape apart from the discoloration.

So first off...hello! I hope to be able to share my experiences with everyone and I look forward to being a member here.

And now I do have a question which you have probably heard many times...how should I restore this razor? I've emailed a local in the hopes of getting it honed but how could I go about giving it a nice little shine and hopefully keeping whatever is left of the 'King Cutter' logo?

Thanks a lot!

Hola Jeremy and Welcome to SRP, congrats on your first step towards SR shaving on your purchase, as always recommended stop by the WIKI Straight Razor Place Wiki
and spend some time reading the excellent beginners info.There's also some info on restoration, but IMO (in my opinion) maybe post a picture here so the well seasoned can pass some advise to yah.

Thanks Deryan! I will definitely look at the WIKI and I just edited my post and added some pictures

I would not try to shave with that, even if you are able to get it back into working shape. It would make a really cool display item. But it's up to you.

That's going to be a lot of hard time consuming work getting that razor ready to shave with imho. Better to get something shave ready before you tackle a job like that.

talk to glen I have seen him do miracles with a lot worse. And even if you don't get it shave ready you can learn a lot working on this one rather than messing up a nicer razor the first time out