Thread: Greetings from Palatine, IL

Greetings!

My name is Sylvester, hailing from a calm suburb of Chi-Town - Palatine, IL.

Just wanted to quickly introduce myself and say many thanks to all contributors to this forums - you helped me a TON!
The guides and wiki's and how to's and faq's and everything - you guys rock! Reading thru everything helped ease my transition from ol'mach3 to straight razor and i am LOVING IT!!!

I am currently using Dovo Shavette with disposable blades (dont hate, budget buy FTW?) but i have just obtained two straight razors in very good shape:
-Wade and Butcher Sheffield England Medium Size Hollow Grind
-Harry L. Weissbaum
They are both in very nice shape, I will post some pics tomorrow - 2AM is not best time to take pictures!
I am hoping to get them to a professional honemeister soon, Anyone know if there is any available locally in Chicago-land? I hate to part with my new babe's!

Anyways, Thanx again!

Sylvester W.

Welcome to SRP! Any of the members advertising honing services in our Classifieds will do a great job for you. Contact some of them by PM and have a chat.

You'll only have to let your babies go for a couple weeks. When they come home....they'll be ready to go.

Glad to have you here.

Welcome to SRP Zylwester
Maxi gives great advice, you'll have them back home with a killer edge in no time!
I'm glad you have taken the time to peruse the various resources here on SRP, it sure is filled with tons of great advice.
Anything else you might wonder about, feel free to post you questions, and the Ladies and Gents on here will surely help you out as much as possible
Have fun!

There's a couple of options. Restored Razor is out of Addison, or maybe Bolingbrook. He's a pro and member here (mbrando). I'm not a pro, but I do hone razors and I'm in Lombard. PM me if interested or want to meet up.

It looks like you got a lot of good advice here and in your perusal. Spend time with a senior member, its amazing what you'll learn. I would also suggest keeping your eyes open for meets in your area.

Welcome

Welcome to SRP, good to have you here. You seem to have already put yourself in a good position by reading the wiki etc. So just hurry up and get those razor pictures posted.

Stu

Welcome to SRP Sylvester. Happy to have you aboard.

If you can't find anybody to hone your vintage finds razors in the Chicago metropolitan area, pm me. I know of somebody in the Midwest who can help you get those blades shave ready.

Hi again!

So it took me a bit longer than a day to get those pics - severe thunderstorm on Monday morning knocked the power out in whole neighborhood, just got it back! Yay!

Anyways, without further delay, my new babies:
Wade&Butcher:

Harry L Weissbaum






Let me know whatcha think!

Originally Posted by Zylwester

Hi again!

So it took me a bit longer than a day to get those pics - severe thunderstorm on Monday morning knocked the power out in whole neighborhood, just got it back! Yay!

Anyways, without further delay, my new babies:
Wade&Butcher:

Originally Posted by Zylwester

Harry L Weissbaum
Let me know whatcha think!

Yeah, those storms were pretty bad! My mom out in Crystal Lake was without power for about 36 hours. Lombard, at least by me, only lost power for 2 minutes, but there were parts that lost it for more than a day. It was some pretty crazy stuff, that's for sure.

Also, those razors are beautiful. I'd be more than happy to hone them up for you, if you needed it!