Thread: I thought RAD would be gradual

So for anyone following the life and times of this lowly n00b, you'll know I've only been at this for a bit over a week. Dinged my razor on Sat, and due to the holiday weekend have not yet been able to send it out to get honed.

Over the weekend I picked up a J.A. Henckels to try my hand at polishing up something old and to keep my mind busy until I could send my Dovo off to Lynn for repair. I also found with that a completely unmarked hone of some kind. It seems to be very fine, and ridiculously hard. I've been trying to lap it with wet/dry sandpaper for the past 2 days off and on, but the middle is still just a fraction off. It changes color from a dark blackish to a light gray when it makes contact with the sandpaper, so after the first few grids I just started relying on color. Anyhow, I digress.

Buying 1 vintage razor piqued my interest, so i went out again to an antique store today to see what there was to see.

Now I have 5 more vintage razors.

I found a booth marked 50% off with a slew of them, and bought up all of the ones with what I could judge to be decent blades. The list is as follows:

Joseph Allen & Sons Sheffield. stamped NON - XLL by the name. Blade is etched "Medium Size Hollow Ground". Black Scales.

Wade & Butcher. Blade is etched "The Celebrated Anglo-Saxon Concave Razor". Black scales.

Keen Kutter "Royal". Blade is Etched "The Celebrated Razor" and has "Royal" with an eagle type emblem on it. Black scales also etched "Royal"

Torrey Razor Co Worcester, Mass. Spike style blade with cream scales.

The last oddity I picked up has no makers marks of any kind. It has cream scales and a barbers notch (all of the blades except the Torrey have barber notches). The weird thing about it is the monkeys tail and most of the shank are made of wood. And the monkeys tail is backwards. I don't know if someone just screwed up putting it together or if there is a purpose for that.

Anyway, this post is already 10X too long, so I'll leave it at that. You're the only folks who would potentially care about anything I just said.

I plan to take some pics once I get them polished up and maybe post them in the show & tell section.

dont forget to take 'before' pics!

and the one with the upside down tail sounds interesting.

pics!

RAD can be a slippery slope. After my first 50 or so I became much more discriminating. The next 50 were in better condition but cost more. Now new acquisitions are few and far between but they are usually mighty fine. In the meantime enjoy yourself.

A link to my razor pr0n can be found in my show and tell thread here:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...azor-pr0n.html


Or if you're jonesin' too bad for the goods, cut straight to the pics here:

Pictures by Psyclown6 - Photobucket

gradual! pff!
it hit me like a brick!
look at my flickr page
the0ctopus' photosets on Flickr
im up to 8 razors now. atleast 8, theres a couple i dont have pics of yet

Definitely less the cancer I thought it would be and more of an ebola quickness.

When RAD kicks in there's no hope kicking the habit.

I read the title and this is what happened.


RAD will grab you by the wedding tackle and not let go.

Welcome to the forum Mr M. As I met your SO in Ladies Corner I figured I'd drop you a hello too!

Yep, RAD and the other aquisition disorders associated with the wonderful world of straight shaving hit hard and fast, of course you have the added complication of two people fighting over the spending money, who's AD's will get quenched first? Tune in next week for the next exciting installment................

Seriously though, enjoy, have fun and ask lots of questions.

Don't feel bad at all. I bought 25 off Fleabay today and I am sure most of them are junk. For me its as much fun fixing them up as it is to shave with them.
Good LUck!