Thread: Just a hello!

Not sure if this is the right place, but thought I'd introduce myself.

Over the past year I swapped my very expensive Gilette shaving foam and Fusion for a Shavette, soap and Badger brush.

This was mainly to save money, but I was hooked on it!

I was looking for an affordable "real" straight razor to try get started on, but with christmas coming up and not much cash, I've ended up buying 2 vintage ones from ebay, one 5/8 branded WARWICK for £3.20 and one branded JOSEPH RODGERS, for £8.55.

The cutting edge is fine, but will need a clean up, so I will be restoring these razors over the next couple of weeks during my quiet times in work.

So just thought I'd introduce myself, and get some tips on restoration and hopefully source a UK based Honemeister for when I'm finished with cleaning them up.

Oh, don't worry, I'll get some pics up when they arrive in the post

Welcome to SRP,Phil.Looking forward to seeing those pics.Good luck with your straight razor adventure.Check out the wiki for lots of useful info.Also if you look in the classifieds under member services,you can find a honer in the U.K..

Welcome aboard! There is a weealth of information here for restoring your blades. You can start in the Workshop forum. There are also plenty of videos to help also. Good luck!

Thanks for the welcome.

Here are the ebay links to the razors.

VINTAGE CUT THROAT RAZOR.....JOSEPH RODGERS.. on eBay (end time 06-Dec-09 21:08:22 GMT)

VINTAGE CUT THROAT RAZOR.....WARWICK on eBay (end time 06-Dec-09 19:56:21 GMT)

The Rodgers looks like it should clean up nicely. The Warwick looks like it must have had the tip broken off and then ground down. I know there are plenty of people here that can fix problems like that. Not bad.

I'll just clean them both up with sandpaper from around 120 grit to 4000 or so then send to a honemeister for their opinion, and if either turn out shoddy, I'm sure a collector that doesn't shave would buy lol