Thread: New razor trouble

Hi Obie,

I have no reasons to doubt the shopkeeper. The shop in question does a lot of business in high end Solingen razors (forget the brand name, it's Hans <Something>), so if he says he gets it from his regular wholesaler and it's a Solingen blade, I tend to believe him.

Before sending it off, I think I am going to have a talk about this troublesome blade with him.

Originally Posted by Mart

Hi Obie,

I have no reasons to doubt the shopkeeper. The shop in question does a lot of business in high end Solingen razors (forget the brand name, it's Hans <Something>), so if he says he gets it from his regular wholesaler and it's a Solingen blade, I tend to believe him.

Before sending it off, I think I am going to have a talk about this troublesome blade with him.

Hello, Mart:

Thanks for your note. Yes, have a chat with him. That's a good idea. Also, if you can post a photo of the razor, the experts here at SRP might be able to give you some important information about it. These gentlemen really know their stuff.

Regards,
Obie

Is it a "German Style" razor? Or an actual razor from Germany? I have a no name razor that gives me a sweet shave.

As already mentioned, razors right out of the box are generally not shave ready, unless you personally know that is professionally honed (like buying one from SRD or another like source). I was in an "Art of Shaving" store last month and the salesman was trying to sell me a TI (nice razor by the way). When I asked him who honed it he gave me blank look. He had no idea what that meant.

Originally Posted by dward

I was in an "Art of Shaving" store last month and the salesman was trying to sell me a TI (nice razor by the way). When I asked him who honed it he gave me blank look. He had no idea what that meant.

I got a chuckle out of this. I dropped by the local AOS store to try some of their shaving cream. I noticed they had a few straight razors in the display case. I can't really have a conversation with shopkeepers because I'm profoundly deaf, but I do okay with yes-no questions. I asked if he sold water stones for honing the razors. He shook his head no. I asked if there was someone he recommended his straight razor customers to send their razors to be honed. Again, he shook his head no. There was no need to continue that conversation (smile). I would imagine that straight razors are a very small part of Art of Shaving business.

And this occurred before Gillette bought out AOS.

Mart, it's possible that your new razor is made of stainless steel. I'm no honemeister, but it's my understanding that stainless steel is more challenging to hone to shave readiness, but stainless steel razors will hold an edge much longer than carbon steel. Consider sending this razor to one of the honemeisters here.
Namaste,
Morty -_-