Thread: A family heirloom

Originally Posted by Pabster

I have a little man and look forward the day I can teach him the Art of Straight Shaving and hopefully he will pass it on to his boys, if he has any.

Thanks for sharing and welcome to straight shaving!

Pabster

What? not gonna teach the girls how to shave? I know there are some out there who certainly would benifit!

My uncle gave me my grandfathers razor last year, I honed it,
stropped it and shaved with it. There for a few moments it was like he was still with me sharing the moment.

Get it honed, it will be worth it, check the classifieds here @ SRP!

My grandfathers Henkels and combi coticule I have also a Shumate from my great grandfather, still working on the scales...

Heirlooms like this are a great boon and a tangible connection to the past and family. Something that I think is lost in todays disposable society.

Welcome to the club

Well let me tell all of you my secret plan. I have ordered a shave ready blade and will be learning on that once it arrives. It has some blemishes that I will work on clearing up. I then want to buy other blades in various conditions and then to slowly learn various skills like restoring the blades and scales. Over time once I get confident and start churning out nice blades I will move on to the heirloom. It has been 23 years since this blade has been used, it can wait another year as I hone (pun intended) my skills and then I can restore this blade myself.