Newbie from Perth, Australia
Hey all, just thought ild say hello.
Decided to restore my old grandfather's straight razor and give it a go, as buying replaceable cartridges was costing me a fortune it felt.
Pulled the scales apart, cleaned them up and re pinned them.
Honed 1000, 4000, 8000 and gave it a strop. Seemed to work ok!
After one shave I decided I wanted to change the scales a bit, give it a bit of fresh life.
Came out ok I think! I left some of the pitting on there, as I felt it gave the blade character, being around 100 years old haha. Who knows, i may change my mind and clean it up further later.
Got some cream, a paddle strop and some preshave oil to try and protect my face (rather unsuccessfully sigh haha)
Bit of initial cost, but hopefully recouped later.
Anyho! Enough talk and onto some photos. I could do this thanks to the information onto this site, so a big thanks to you all.
This is original condition
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...4cda3e5dc7.jpg
After a clean up
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...beaf434280.jpg
Then a couple with the new scales I knocked up from some off cuts
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...1b3236aaea.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...a4a1b0402b.jpg
No idea what shave ready feels like, but this certainly is sharp haha.
If you spot any obvious mistakes let me know
Newbie from Perth, Australia
Proof is in the shave! If it's your first straight shave, I wouldn't rely on it too much. Your technique is going to take many weeks to perfect so well done on an awesome start. You may want to consider sending it for a pro hone, 1) so you can get feed back on your hone, 2) you'll know what a great edge feels like and so have something to aim for and 3) you can rule out a poor edge if you are having dramas (rash/irritation etc) with results. Not very expensive (cheaper than a pack of carts!) and really worth considering.
Anyway Welcome!!