Thread: 4th Annual North Central Texas Razor Meet at Charlie Lewis Razor Workshop

Whew! Breath deep and relax, it was a crazy good time, from breakfast until night time. We are lucky to have such a great group of people on this forum.

I enjoyed putting faces with names, and meeting and BS-ing with everybody. I enjoyed and gleaned a lot of information from everybody I talked with.

Big thanks to Don at Straight Razor Designs, for all the great prizes, strops and soaps galore. Another Thank you to Dr. Mikes Shaving Emporium for the soaps and scents. And even more, Thank you to Sharptonn for the razor windchimes (I would not part with my Sharptonn windchimes) and Thank you to Str8razor for arranging a giveaway bag of shaving gear.

The meet was a chaotic exchange of goodwill and knowledge. Everybody went home with fingers attached. No trauma occurred. I am looking forward to the next meet.

pics to follow

Charlie

Thanks for the review in the photos, was very interesting.

I want to thank everyone for showing up. It's one thing to read it here, but an entirely different experience in the flesh.

Thanks to Charlie for hosting. A shop invasion can be very interesting some times. It was great to be in the same room with all that (mostly Bruno's abundant) energy. Thanks especially to the wives and girlfriends who allow the boys to play on Valentine's Day...

Bondo works.
If you're not sure, ask Victor. If he doesn't know, Bruno is always right.
Still working on the right word that begins with "A", but I can't get one that just sings yet.

Bruno forging


32T's wip


Howard Clark teaching


Mike Blue teaching


Utopian's wip


Randy Forging


Paco grinding


Randy forging


str8razor grinding (Thanks Utopian for picture)


Utopian forging


Paco grinding

shooter74743 grinding


thehattr forging


Lynn honing


bluesman7 honing


tcrideshd grinding


Rolodave taking pictures


Mike Blue forging


32T grinding


Bob Allman organizing his razors


Bluesman7 plastic fantastic grinding demo

The amount of razor making knowledge combined with the enthusiastic and skilled first timers at this meet was phenomenal. Thanks Charlie, and special thanks to Randy for putting so much into making this a great meet.

Originally Posted by Mike Blue

Still working on the right word that begins with "A", but I can't get one that just sings yet.

I'm liking 'Artistic' or 'Artisan'

I really love that gender setup Paco is using although I have seen more & like them also but I'm really intrigued with that grinder!

Looks like a great place to hang out only wish I lived closer 4700 miles was just a bit to far to travel for me.

Charlie, I'd like to thank you for not only hosting this wonderful event at your shop but for posting the pictures in what I consider a very Classy Format and that is is the Black and White!

It makes the participants so much more of the 'action' but still leaves the background action 'There'.

I can't thank you enough! These Pictures should be in a book for anyone who wishes to learn to forge and create a razor so that they could see the 'Humanity' that's involved! :

Originally Posted by Mike Blue

I want to thank everyone for showing up. It's one thing to read it here, but an entirely different experience in the flesh.

Thanks to Charlie for hosting. A shop invasion can be very interesting some times. It was great to be in the same room with all that (mostly Bruno's abundant) energy. Thanks especially to the wives and girlfriends who allow the boys to play on Valentine's Day...

Bondo works.
If you're not sure, ask Victor. If he doesn't know, Bruno is always right.
Still working on the right word that begins with "A", but I can't get one that just sings yet.

We settled on 'Artisan'