Thread: Found my grand-grandfather's old razor!

Hello from Åbo(Turku), Finland!

The last 3 weeks I have been reading a lot in this forum and soon i will be ready to try shaving like a man, haven't bought any supplies yet thou. Anyway, I asked my grandfather if he ever used a straight razor, he never did :/ but he rememberd his father do it. So we started looking and found my grand-grandfathers old razor.

It is an D. Peres "The Columbia" Solingen 5/8. From the 1920's.




So I have some questions:

1. Do any of you know a place (in Finland, or many even in turku) where I can get this honed and shave ready?
2. Can I learn to shave with this razor? Is D. Peres razors any good? Any experiences?
3. If I should by another to start with I have my eyes on the Dovo carpe deim 5/8 or the Ralf Aust Solingen 6/8 round point. Any recommendations?

Thanx a lot for all the great information on this site!