Thread: Wrapped in newspaper from 1933

Originally Posted by sharptonn

The best items I have bought are from Upper East Coast! Things from New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Massachusetts.
Old attics up there. Has to dry up, I expect. Folks saved stuff up there, back in the day.

A fine friend of mine (Tarkus) in Philly discovered an Escher and several others in the back of a shop he had bought and generously gifted me a few, one being the Escher. Stuff like that does not just lie around down in Houston. They send everything to the dump, usually.

Yeah it seems there's a lot to be found in New England! New Hampshire has a healthy and competitive antiques environment which I suspect is fueled by tourism (the mountains, lakes, fall colors) and the relative availability of inventory. It helps to get to know people and check in with them from time to time. Good folks, fun people, interesting stories go with it.

Very nice find. Let us know how that hone performs. Congratulations.

I just wanted to add pictures of the hone in good sunlight now that I have it cleaned up and lapped. I hope the color shows well in the pictures, I tried to show dry, wet, sides and bottom. I'm going to try it out soon and I'll let you guys know how it goes! Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm. Very few people in my real life "get" it!

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm. Very few people in my real life "get" it!

Oh this group definitely gets it. Very cool find and congrats!

Those are super cool finds congrats all around. Some guys have all the luck. My wife and family think I am nuts when I talk about shaving or related items, we are here for you

The hones are all cleaned and lapped, the razor is cleaned and has new scales, and I finally had a chance to try everything out. I wanted this razor to be the first one on these hones as it is likely it was the last on these hones so many years ago. I set the bevel on a 1000 grit hone and used only this coticule and grey hone after that. I'm continuing (and probably always will be) to learn coticule honing so this was excellent practice and I surprised myself with the results! I used slurry then progressively watered it down as I went. After the coticule I did about 20 laps with light slurry on the grey. The shave was close and had, on most strokes, that feeling like the edge was wrapped in a thin soft bubble, if that makes any sense. Terrifically comfortable but room for improvement as I learn these hones better, more studying and practice to do!

I should also mention that while cleaning up these items, handling the newspaper and cloth (that appears to have been a pant leg at one point), I found myself wondering about the man who owned and used these thing before. I don't know but cleaning them up and putting them back to use somehow fulfilled something that I thought was maybe owed to the man, crazy as it sounds. Anyway, I plan to keep these items together, use and enjoy them, and preserve them for the next guy.

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

I don't know but cleaning them up and putting them back to use somehow fulfilled something that I thought was maybe owed to the man, crazy as it sounds. Anyway, I plan to keep these items together, use and enjoy them, and preserve them for the next guy.

Doesn't sound crazy at all to me, feels rewarding to bring back an old tools and actually use it. the original owner certainly had the right hones to keep his razor going, Enjoy!