Thread: Marktplaats deal you don't want to miss!

Originally Posted by decraew

A new one one marktplaats, you could really make something out of it, but, 75 EUR ???

i don't see a price stated and it looks like i'ts quit a bit smaler at the toe than at the heel

Where you have to bid it says "as of 75 EUR".
I've indeed seen the damage to the toe. I have and have had razors with such damage/slijtage and I don't really mind too much. Of course it decreases the value of the razor. It's the main reason why I find 75 way too much. Should there be a decimal point after the 7, ok.

Thanks to all who give me advice, some even offered to lend me some razors to try out. However the problem seems to be solved. I was at a reunion today and met some old foreign friends that where travelling through Europe with there family. I invited them to my home for dinner and the father of one of them noticed my shaving tools when he went to the toilet. He was a straight razor shaver himself and we started talking. He wanted to see and try the razors. Then he had me shave with one and give me lots of advice and lots of corrections while I tried. I shaved my whole face and neck except my chin. So it's not the razors but my handling. Although I still find them small and light.

The razor I tried to shave myself with before was not sharp enough according to the man. I'm sure Neil did send it shave ready but maybe I stropped wrongly. He advised to go 30 on the back of the strop and 50 on the front. I found the back of the strop to be rather uneven and rough and maybe that led to bad stropping on my part?

Thanks again for the help and suggestions! Ron

Originally Posted by Snuff

Thanks to all who give me advice, some even offered to lend me some razors to try out. However the problem seems to be solved. I was at a reunion today and met some old foreign friends that where travelling through Europe with there family. I invited them to my home for dinner and the father of one of them noticed my shaving tools when he went to the toilet. He was a straight razor shaver himself and we started talking. He wanted to see and try the razors. Then he had me shave with one and give me lots of advice and lots of corrections while I tried. I shaved my whole face and neck except my chin. So it's not the razors but my handling. Although I still find them small and light.

The razor I tried to shave myself with before was not sharp enough according to the man. I'm sure Neil did send it shave ready but maybe I stropped wrongly. He advised to go 30 on the back of the strop and 50 on the front. I found the back of the strop to be rather uneven and rough and maybe that led to bad stropping on my part?

Thanks again for the help and suggestions! Ron

Well, Ron, there's a reason to why we were sceptical about the "too large hands" ;-) And some razor handles, especially on the smaller sizes blade, are indeed too light to be comfortable. But it's something that can be lived with.

What kind of strop do you have ? Is the back some sort of cloth ? If so, it's normal that it's a bit rougher. The advice you were given is sound (30 back and forth on the back, 50 on the front) and should suffice to bring the edge back to shave-readiness.

Regarding the readiness of the razor: either the razor was not shave-ready when you got it (which I doubt having dealt with Neil before, but it's possible, no-one's perfect after all) or there's something wrong with your stropping. So first thing to do imho is look at some stropping video's to check your technique. If that doesn't work out I would advise you to contact Stijn/Geruchtemoaker, he'll sure be able to see what's wrong.

't amusement d'ermee
Wim

That's great Snuff, would have been a shame if you sold your new razors that fast.

Originally Posted by Snuff

So it's not the razors but my handling.
He advised to go 30 on the back of the strop and 50 on the front. I found the back of the strop to be rather uneven and rough and maybe that led to bad stropping on my part?

Hi Ron,

I noticed the first 40-odd shaves it was the handler not the equipment, and it seems that it is really common(about 99% of the time).

I'm happy that you've had a good shave with it. The back of the strop(if you are talking about the backside of the leather portion) is indeed rough, but 'soft' that will sharpen the razor a bit(most people put sharpening paste on that part of their strop).

Happy shaves!

Originally Posted by decraew

What kind of strop do you have ? Is the back some sort of cloth ?

So first thing to do imho is look at some stropping video's to check your technique. If that doesn't work out I would advise you to contact Stijn/Geruchtemoaker, he'll sure be able to see what's wrong.

't amusement d'ermee
Wim

I have a 2.5" Wide Brown Latigo Basic Razor Strop from Neil, when I talk about the back it's just the backside of the leather but that is a bit uneven and I was afraid that might have been bad for my stropping? I looked at many stropping video's before I bought a strop (no guarantee of course that I'm doing it the right way). thanks for the advice, I'll contact Stijn if I don't get out of it myself.

Have a nice weekend. Ron

Originally Posted by Snuff

I have a 2.5" Wide Brown Latigo Basic Razor Strop from Neil, when I talk about the back it's just the backside of the leather but that is a bit uneven and I was afraid that might have been bad for my stropping? I looked at many stropping video's before I bought a strop (no guarantee of course that I'm doing it the right way). thanks for the advice, I'll contact Stijn if I don't get out of it myself.

Have a nice weekend. Ron

Ron, the backside of leather is in principle not suited for stropping, unless it's been treated. If you don't have a canvas/linen, just use your jeans pants (or the draperies if the wife's not paying attention).

edit: By the way, I used to have a Tony Miller 3" latigo strop. It was a good strop but, with hindsight, too oily, which gave me too much draw. If you notice that, there's ways of getting the excess oil out. Before you do as I did (a 3cm cut in the leather).

I recently lost two razors I bought at marktplaats.nl. in the mail.

One package didn't arrive at all, another package arrived torn open at the side and razor gone. I'm not sure whether it's coincidence, something going wrong at the international post office, or my (new) local post office.

Another package, this one from the US, is stuck (I think) in Limbo (=customs).

So I'm mightily p*ssed off as you can well imagine.

So if I were you I'd order everything "aangetekend", even though it costs more.

Originally Posted by decraew

One package didn't arrive at all, another package arrived torn open at the side and razor gone. I'm not sure whether it's coincidence, something going wrong at the international post office, or my (new) local post office.

Another package, this one from the US, is stuck (I think) in Limbo (=customs).

So if I were you I'd order everything "aangetekend", even though it costs more

I can imagine that your all but happy, I always select "registered" if it's something above a certain value, lost too many packages in the post (or they didn't even send them, who knows).

Not saying it's so but sending a damaged package to a buyer and then blaming the post-office for losing it's content is a well known trick :-(

About the US package: I've had several packages with dog-training material from the US sitting for a long time (even months) in Belgian customs. Until I learned that I could go to the local customs office in my town and ask them to get information about my package. It took 3 different persons before they where willing to do it but if your persistent it might work. Got the packages always within the next week released by customs.

ah next time better I hope, greets Ron