Thread: Genco fan

Originally Posted by Joed

Most of my razors come from local shops in western NY. I have found many a Genoc and Geneva razors on good condition. They are all great shavers and all except for one Geneva honed up very easily. The one that was a PITA was super hard and the only one out of the bunch. Great razors!

One of the first razors I ever got was a Geneva. I too experienced the hardness of Geneva steel, as at that time I was completely honing my razors with a Swaty and a Carborundum 102. Needless to say I never got the bevel set on that one! Even when I got my Nortons several years later, I failed to set the bevel because I did not yet have the proper appreciation of how hard that steel was. I did not even try setting the bevel again until I posted a thread here complaining about how I just could not hone the damn thing. Several responded with comments about how hard the steel was, so that inspired me to go at it more pressure than I was accustomed. Finally, I got it sharp. Mine was an ugly razor but it still shaves just fine!

Oh, and I can't really tell the difference between the shaves of my Easy Aces and my WonderEdges. The Easy Aces is awesome!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Oh, and I can't really tell the difference between the shaves of my Easy Aces and my WonderEdges. The Easy Aces is awesome!

By the time this thread is done Gencos and Genevas will have increased in value by 20% I have 8, count 'em, eight Genco Fluid Steels and they are bad to the bone.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

By the time this thread is done Gencos and Genevas will have increased in value by 20%

Well, that's good to know, since I've probably got 30 of them and I'll be unemployed in 6 weeks!

Here's the bad boy. O picked it up in a local shop for the price of a lunch.

Ron, you're a few up on me. I only gots 21.

Originally Posted by Joed

Ron, you're a few up on me. I only gots 21.

Your razors are clearly more organized than mine. 30 is only an estimate. It might be 25 and it might be 40. I have no idea!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Your razors are clearly more organized than mine. 30 is only an estimate. It might be 25 and it might be 40. I have no idea!

I built a database early on that also stores pictures. Without it I wouldn't have a clue.

My first razor was a fluid steel. It was very fortunate, as I *started* to learn to hone on it. It took an edge easily, and gave more consistent good shaves than any other hollow. 'Plain Jane, daily drivers that are hard to beat. I picked up an Ontario, which if I understand correctly, was acquired by Genco. It was just what I was looking for w/ the "german silver" bolsters. Sadly, when the gunk cleaned up, the pitting was extensive, including the bevel area. To remove all the pitting would have cut prob 1/4" off the height, which I wasn't willing to do, so I honed it pits & all. There are visible pits in the edge, and yet it shaved very well. Go figure. This Ontario was visually the same as one Sham sold a while back. 'Handsome & a great shaver. I'm left w/ the impression that the NY steel from the 20s is as good as any on the planet. I like my wackers, have one Eyre sheffield, but the steel, edge taking and holding quality of the NY steel takes a back seat to none I've tried.
BTW, SWMBO makes jewelry, and tells me most bolsters were made w/ 'German Silver' which is a trade name for white brass (no silver). Like 'white gold', it uses more alloy to hide the yellow and red of the copper in the brass or gold.

Pinklather:
QUOTE>The 3 'S's: Stretch, Stroke, Styptic. Yeah! I think I'm getting this!

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A little more CrOx, a little less styptic.....

Originally Posted by Utopian

Well, that's good to know, since I've probably got 30 of them and I'll be unemployed in 6 weeks!

'Been out since June & the pickings have been slim. Best of luck, Utopian.