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03-11-2015, 07:03 PM #1Senior Member
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7/8 plus Wostenholm & Sons IXL
I finished this yesterday and shaved with it this morning. It was one of those awesome shaves. 3 pass BBS and hardly even a tingle from the alum block. It's a keeper. The blade is just shy of 1 inch by .040 at the toe and tapers to 7/8 at the heal. I really like the blade shape and it balances nice in the hand. It has just enough weight that it almost seems to move on its own through the whiskers. A nice thin even bevel. This razor saw little use in its former life but had lots of pitting on both blade faces. The scales are horn with a lead wedge, copies of the originals and I added nickel silver beehive collars. I'm learning to love these old wedges.
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03-11-2015, 07:11 PM #2Senior Member
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What a cool "little" Wosty!
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03-11-2015, 07:38 PM #3Senior Member
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Beautiful work Karl!
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03-11-2015, 11:21 PM #4Senior Member
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Yes it is a keeper ! I to am a fan of big wedges . Good work and thanks for bringing her back to life !
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03-11-2015, 11:25 PM #5barba crescit caput nescit
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Very nice - looks virtually unused, stamps are clear, can't really see any hone wear from the pics...150 years old and doesn't look past 25 years old!
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03-12-2015, 01:58 AM #6Razor Vulture
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Excellent! First division! Top-shelf! Nice!
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I rest my case.
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03-12-2015, 02:08 AM #7Senior Member
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Very sweet!
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03-12-2015, 02:09 AM #8The Razor Talker
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Now that's just pretty. Nice razor man.
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