Larry Andreassen (LarryAndro of Whippeddog.com) and myself have become friends. Everyone who knows Larry knows that he has one razor in particular he values above all the rest... His beloved 6/8 W.S. Brown.
Recently I was browsing ebay, and I found an auction advertised as a "W.S. Brown Special". The razor wasn't pretty, but that is just my cup of tea. I bid on the razor knowing I was going to restore it and send it to Larry so he would have a suitable back-up for his trusty razor.

The auction title was a little misleading, the vintage box is a true W.S. Brown Special, but the razor is marked "Blue Steel Special". Larry insists that the razor is so close in shape to his W.S. Brown that he thinks it could have been made by Brown.

Here are some of Larry's words about it: "As for the razor, even though not labeled W.S. Brown, it is so close to that razor in shape that I suspect it is a W.S. Brown. Even though the vintage case is a little beat up, it is really cool have a W.S. Brown case that goes with my razor."

Anyway, I just wanted to share Larry's new 2nd-in-command.