Picked up my SRP razor today !

I'm the proud owner of SRP ltd. edition razor #158 :y . It's not a "flamer" :( , but it is a very nice razor :tu . The blade itself is a thing of beauty , and the grind seems flawless . I checked out the edge , and I swear , I think it's "shave ready" . I'm going to strop it and shave with it tomorrow , and see how it does . I also like the light colored , boxwood scales . I wish they would have put washers between the tang and the scales , but other than that , I think it's an excellent razor .

In general I've found that most TI's can be used out of the box though they can be improved upon with some touch up honing. I have 2 SRP razors #138 and 139. One actually was shave ready and the other took some honing to get it there. They are quality razors deserving of better scales but I guess wood is better than plastic any day.

Well , I just now finished giving it the shave test . Since it's a new razor I gave it 40 laps on the linen and 80 on the leather , which is twice what I normally do . The shave was excellent :tu . Looks like I got lucky , the razor was "shave ready" out of the box and I couldn't have honed it any better . The razor shaved smooth and close , and shaved my chin wiskers with no problem :y .

Congrats! Really says something that they come ready to go like that. I would love to own one of these....a real keeper, I'm sure!

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Originally Posted by DEwey

Congrats! Really says something that they come ready to go like that. I would love to own one of these....a real keeper, I'm sure!

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Thanks Dewey ! Judging from what I've read , these razors may or may not be shave ready , I just happened to get lucky in that respect . I don't want to sound like the SRP razor poster boy , but I am impressed with this razor .