Thread: New in San Diego Help ID a new straight

Hello thanks for this awesome website. I switched to straights from DE's back in march and although there have been ups and downs I'm loving this entire experience. I started with a dovo best quality so I would know what a good razor is. Then bought two zy's and a gold dollar. I figured I'd practice honing on those before I did anything to my dovo. With my shapton 1/5/8/15 whetstone combination and some practice on the strop I've been able to wreck the edges and then bring them back. It's really satisfying. I have re-scaled my dovo (because the cheep plastic broke) and one of my zy's. I made my own scales out of oak. Again....This is all very satisfying.
I stumbled across a razor in an antique shop. I bought to practice refurbishing. I've look everywhere but cannot ID this thing. I'm making walnut scales and was going to pull it off the scales but I don't want to wreck something valuable. I rehoned it yesterday and shaved with it today. Honestly, it's my new favorite shaver. Where can I post photos to get help with IDing this? Is a solingen. Beste qualitat. 3/8. Metal scales.

You can post photos in this thread

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You can post them in this thread or in the Razors sub-forum.

Thank you. I just uploaded a couple of photos. I hope that worked.

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I personally would leave those scales on, the Solingen.

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I'd agree with Mike on keeping the scales
Enjoy and have fun!

That oak looks nice and im with the others, id save the metal scales. Just polish them up. 3/8 is pretty small. I hear they are a bit harder the shave with. Not to mention honing and stropping. Just because of the smallness.

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It's a no-name factory Solingen razor in a very small size. So long as it provides you with great shaves, that's all the value you need. As to the scales, go with whatever suits your fancy.

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Solingen is not a trade mark, it's the best known cutlery center of Germany. Hundreds of brands, thousands of models. Yours is not made for beard shaving, but for finishing the neck line at the barbershop. Usually, blades for beard shaving are at least 5/8. The scale is rather uncommon, so I think it should remain, for authenticity.