Thread: Newbie looking to pick up restoration

I've been straight shaving for a year now, and I'd like to try my hand at restoration. I've absorbed B&B's wiki and watched undream's restoration videos on YouTube. Can anyone point me to resources for learning about the histories of manufacturers? I'm starved for information. Are there any instruction manuals out there for beginners?

You'll find some brief histories here: STRAZORS.com - all about classic razors - Home page The site is run by Manah from here on SRP.

You may find what you're looking for here: Category:Straight Razor Database - Straight Razor Place Wiki

An interesting book (if you can find it - I just bought the ebook not too long ago, but have had trouble finding it in hardcopy) is the "Standard Guide to Razors" by Roy Ritchie and Ron Stewart. To the best of my knowledge a 'real' history of straight razors is yet to be written. I'm an historian and have been kicking around the idea of doing something about that, but I think I'd need to find a way to become independently wealthy first.

Also, if you have a question about a specific blade or manufacturer, feel free to post it here and we'll do what we can to help.

And for instruction manuals, there are quite a few old ones that can be found as PDFs or ebooks online. But the best source of beginner info (IMHO) is right here:
Beginner's guide to straight razor shaving - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Welcome, and good luck!

This thread at the top of the Workshop in red you need to save subscribe to it so you have easy access

Honestly it has everything there is to know about Restoration in there...


http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html