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Thread: New to the Board
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07-07-2011, 02:18 AM #1
New to the Board
Hi All, my name is Richard. I've been watching this board for quite some time and have found it most helpful. I started using a straight around Febuary if 2010. It was left to me by my father who passed away on January 29th of that same year. It is a Joseph Allen & Sons with a tandem bycycle and 2 riders etched on the blade.When I received it it was shave reade and in a couple of weeks I decided that there would be worse things than drawing blood with a razor that had at one time belonged to my great grandfather. It sort of gave me a feeling of connection. Well I need some instruction to do this and this is where I came. This got me started collecting and restoring straights.Now I have around 100 it seems I am doing something with them all the time. There is always something new to learn. Well to wrap it up I am gratefull that I found SRP and the wealth of knowledge that is here. Thanks...
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07-07-2011, 02:25 AM #2
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Thanked: 2591Welcome to the forum, straights are addicting aren't they?
Stefan
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RWILLA (07-07-2011)
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07-07-2011, 02:33 AM #3
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Thanked: 3What an awesome heirloom. Pieces with history like that are something that you can't buy in a store.
... my dad always talks about his father and him not being very close, apparently on my grandfathers deathbed, my dad gave him a shave. They didn't talk (breathing tube and all), and it is not like the problems that plagued their relationship over the years were washed away with his chin whiskers... but my dad says there was a bonding that took place. Something that he said they shared in those few minutes, between a father and son, that didn't require words. Now that is a razor that i wish i could shave with. The "history", and "emotion" in that blade would be something i wish i could hold in my had, but who knows where it has ended up.
Sorry for getting all philosophical, but i truly envy your piece of family history, which is probably one of the finest razors of the 100 that you own.
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RWILLA (07-07-2011)
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07-07-2011, 07:10 AM #4
I can relate, Worgus
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