Thread: New Member with a New Razor

Hello there,

I've been shaving with a straight razor now for a few months; I'm enjoying it immensely--wish I had two faces, etc.

i just received a Esberg-Koraat 6/8" ebony French point. It is beautiful and effective and it has this strange spacer in the plug at the toe of the scales (it actually looks like a pulley). Does anyone know if it has a function?

it actually rattles which annoys me slightly. Any ideas?

Perhaps a picture or several?

Pics with details will help a lot. That way we can make some educated guesses.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Pics with details will help a lot. That way we can make some educated guesses.

:-) and ogle the new razor!

Some vintage razors used a spacer instead of a wedge. I guess your your pulley spacer is a modern take on that. If it rattles it may need to be peened a bit if it is pinned in place in the traditional fashion.

Bob

Yes please post some pics!

Hi and welcome. Pics of all razors are welcome.

Don't know hown to post pics just yet. Still working on it.

Don't know if these will com up, but here's hoping. I'm not much of a photographer. Thanks in advance.

Nice razor. I think i would contact the maker to double check, but you should be able to tighten that by tapping the pins very lightly and many times with a very small hammer or a ver solid table spoon. Lots of little taps, the end of the pin should look like a mushroom and it is the edges of the mushroom head that hold it togethers. So tapping gently all around the outer edge of the pin. So really tiny circles in the tapping. of course the other side needs to be on a solid surface like a metal plate or the tail of a vice.