Vintage Blades?

[BYUTexan]

Has anyone bought from Vintage Blades LLC? We all see the add on SRP but has anyone ever bought from them? Would you recommend it? Are their razors shave ready?

[dward]

Jim's a stand up guy. Visit his site. He does talk about pre-honed razors on his home page. If in doubt email him. He is great to work with. You will be pleased with any product you get from him...

[Razorburne]

I've made purchases in the past and the service was great. I never purchased a straight razor, but I believe on his site it states that all the razors are pre-honed by Lynn. Shoot Jim an e-mail to check, but I'm pretty sure this is the case.

Keep in mind, as has been discussed on the forum before, "shave-ready" means it will shave someone, somewhere....it may not be a perfect edge...in theory, it "should" be, but nothing is perfect, unfortunately

[BYUTexan]

too late! I just bought a Sheffield razor from the classifieds here on SRP!

[Del1r1um]

nice! which one did you get? IMHO nothing beats a sheffield.

[BYUTexan]

nice! which one did you get? IMHO nothing beats a sheffield.

I got the Bengall Codman&Sons black handled razor witht he asking price of $45. It looks like it is a decent razor.

Is anyone familiar with Bengall Codman&Sons?

[Del1r1um]

Bengalls are sweet. you are not going to be sorry... Also, coming from Sham it is going to be sharp for sure... I wouldn't even strop it the first time if it were me unless Sham included instructions saying otherwise, just rinse and shave.

Good one, I think you'll love it.
In my opinion, you got a heck of a deal on a nice blade, and Sham's guarantee behind it.

[dward]

too late! I just bought a Sheffield razor from the classifieds here on SRP!

There's no law that says you still can't buy one from him...

[BHChieftain]

I used them for my starter set which included a Dovo 5/8 Ebony, brush, strop, shaving mug, and a puck of soap. Razor came honed by Lynn. No problems at all!

-Chief