Swaty Gift

Hi all,

I recently acquired a Swaty barber hone as part of an ebay lot, and as I already have a Swaty, I would like to gift one of them to a colleague. Partly because he's a great guy, and partly out of guilt for having dragged him into the sordid little world of straight shaving.

So my question is a simple one, if you had two Swatys and wanted to give one away, which would you keep? One is a three-line, one is a two-line and they are both in more or less the same condition.

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The text reads:

On the left

Franz Swaty
Marburg, Austria

On the right

Franz Swaty
Wahring bei Wien
(Austria)

:shrug:

Please help me out of my decision-making crisis!

Well i should look at all of mine and see which one is more common.
Yea i agree this hobby got me to willing spend so much many with
the idea it's a steal. lol.

opps it the apart one that i have three of.
i only got one swaty cann't help ya find out which is more common.

No worries - thanks for checking!

Keep the one that calls you the most. B.T.W. a 3 line swaty actually says "THREE LINE" on it. Most people think it's just cause it carrys 3 lines of text.:shrug:

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Originally Posted by coachmike

Keep the one that calls you the most. B.T.W. a 3 line swaty actually says "THREE LINE" on it. Most people think it's just cause it carrys 3 lines of text.:shrug:

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Without wanting to open the can of worms that is Swaty history (!) I thought the ones that said 'Three Line' were so named to capitalize on the popularity of the ones with three lines of text. ?? :shrug:

My problem is that I really like both of them, but want to help out a friend, hence my quandry. :)

Unless I'm badly mistaken the only difference is the number of lines of text. So keep whichever one looks/works best for you ...... or give the gift of the best of the two, :chapeau

Well imho it all depends on how you feel towards your friend..in that I mean if I got someone into shaving with straights and I really liked and admired them..or if I was truly looking to mentor them, I would give that person the better of the two..you're experience and skill well make up for the lesser stone and make that persona life a little easier in maintenance..

My two cents.
I did not vote because I know nothing about either stone.
I hope in your mind you choose well and not by popular opinion..(not trying to sound cruel our demean any ones vote)

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Originally Posted by Cangooner

Without wanting to open the can of worms that is Swaty history (!) I thought the ones that said 'Three Line' were so named to capitalize on the popularity of the ones with three lines of text. ?? :shrug:

My problem is that I really like both of them, but want to help out a friend, hence my quandry. :)

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Here is a blast from the past dealing with some history ...... enjoy .... http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...rovenance.html

From what i have read, the three line is the better of the two, but since you have possibly sold his very soul, you should let him pick as recompense, and send the other to me as punishment.

My $0.02 = give the superior stone (in your estimation) to your rookie friend.

Imo they both do the same job.

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Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Here is a blast from the past dealing with some history ...... enjoy .... http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...rovenance.html

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I have been sucked into that as well as a few other Swaty threads ever since this thing arrived. To be honest I may subconsciously be giving one away to end the confusion! :)

I like your idea of sharing, and for that you rock. Thats what this passion is all about. Many people hoard this stuff away never in 10 lifetimes could ever use it all. Whats the fun in that? Those barber hones will each out live us all and then some.
The joy in this obsession is to pass on the knowledge as well as a hone or maybe a razor now and again.

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Originally Posted by Tarkus

I like your idea of sharing, and for that you rock. Thats what this passion is all about. Many people hoard this stuff away never in 10 lifetimes could ever use it all. Whats the fun in that? Those barber hones will each out live us all and then some.
The joy in this obsession is to pass on the knowledge as well as a hone or maybe a razor now and again.

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I agree! A REALLY good friend would first give him the one with a corner off. THEN he would feel bad about shortchanging a buddy and give him the other one too! :rolleyes: THEN the buddy would forever be your bitch because you gave him EVERYTHING! Yeah, that's the ticket! :roflmao

Gooner, please detail how your friend went about asking you to GIVE him something. I am just as broke as the next guy and try to be a really nice person but I've never been able to convince anyone to GIVE me anything :(I'm just wondering what technique he used on you?Thanks and please share :)

I'm afraid I can't help you there Brooksie as he didn't ask! :)

Well, I guess I'm just a contrarian...

The consensus was either to keep the three line, or that it really didn't matter. So I'm keeping the two line. My reason is simple: as an historian I appreciate the historical quirk of placing Marburg in "Austria". So, since the consensus is that they are more or less the same in terms of performance, and since they are in nearly identical condition, I decided to hang on to the one with the one with the historical.geographical quirk.

:)

I was brought up with the idea that, if you going to share, you give the best or biggest or nicest to the other person, and keep what's left for yourself.

In this case it seemed like it was a little tricky to determine which was "better", but sounds to me like you made a good call in the end.

James.

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

I was brought up with the idea that, if you going to share, you give the best or biggest or nicest to the other person, and keep what's left for yourself.

In this case it seemed like it was a little tricky to determine which was "better", but sounds to me like you made a good call in the end.

James.

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You're right - if one was clearly better it would have been easy (I was taught the same as you)