Thread: Hi from Virginia

Just an FYI, you are going to be in for a long night removing a frown with a barber's hone.

Originally Posted by blent87

You're right, I didn't see that frown in there when I was looking through my camera. Looking at the pic now, I can see it. I wasn't planning on shaving with it straight from the box, so I wasn't extremely concerned about resting the edge on the table. That was the only solid and completely flat surface I had at the moment. I've got a barber's hone and strop that I was (and am) going to use on it before attempting any shaving. I'll certainly need the honing and stropping practice anyways :-)

Originally Posted by Jinxt

The manufacturer is claimed to be GB Buckingham & Sons. They do not show up on either the good or bad list

I just fixed that. This is not a razor - it's a decorative artifact.

Just to add to the thread. I'm a straight razor shaving newbie and also ordered a razor from this same producer. After failing miserably to cut hair with it, I ended up comparing it to several pocket knives. It was better than one (slightly) and worse than the other (much worse). I personally doubt very much if anyone would be able to shave with this razor, well, other than the guy in Russia who claims to be able to shave with a shovel. I would like to see the comparison between this razor and a shovel though .

But at $60, it was for me an under-priced, unusable razor and an over-priced... I'll go with the previous 'decorative artifact'.

Attached is a close up (as close as I could get anyway) of the lower edge.

The thread has gone way off topic and is closed, if anyone wants to continue the current discussion they can start their own thread in the appropriate forum.