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Hi All,
Brand new to the forum but stumbled on to this last week. What a great resource. Wish I had found it a year ago!. Anyway, I've been using a straight razor for about a year and own a Dovo Col Conk edition and just found a 7 day set of red point vintage razors. I'll post pics in the new acquisitions when I get some.
Currently stuck in Afghanistan but using the forum to kill some time and meet new people. Look forward to hearing from you all.
Welcome to SRP. Good to have you on board!
Welcome to the forum. Lots of good information and people here.
Thanks for your service!!
welcome, hope we can help answer any questions you have, if you get near the local markets check for arabic straight razors, could be some interesting finds there
Welcome to SRP neighbor, always good to see another Idahoan on the boards..
Hope you will be back stateside for the next PNW meetup..
Thank You for your service
Welcome to SRP
Aloha,
Welcome one SRP newbie to another. Afghanistan been there I was at Kandahar OEF V 2004-2005. I hope it is going well for you I am currently in a substantially less hostile place Kosovo. I am guessing that you are a Guardsman also? Stay as safe as you can.
Aloha,
ED
First and formost Thank you. Secondly welcome. And Lastly when you get your orders to return to Mt Home, let me know if your on a World Airways flight out of the sand. I cant do anything for you but get you a warm handshake from the Captain and I would be happy to email family updated flight progress if I am on duty. Also we love razor porn. Post that 7day set as soon as possible.
Lots of rock in Afghanistan...But don't get distracted looking for the next great hone. :P Glad to have you on board, and have some extra lobster on Sunday for me! Thanks for your service, stay away from the latrine cleaners, make friends with the contractors, and always smile at the DFAC workers. It'll make the time much more enjoyable! :)
Thank you for your service and welcome to the club, Glenn will show you the secret handshake when you get back.. ;)
As for the 7 Day set and Razor porn, I will have to wait for Gssixgun to work his magic. I had them sent straight to the master. I'm back in December so Ill try to post pics then along with others in the collection.
Here are some before and after pics of the set
Here are the five intact good razors they just need some good cleaning and polishing as to not loose the etch
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Now these two have issues, one is chipped and one has warped scales,
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We decided to chnage out the two problem children so that we have six solid razors
Which I cleaned and polished out, 3 need some light buffing but we kept the etch on the front side
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So to tackle the 7th razor, I straightened the warped scales with a boiling water dip, then took out the chip slowly on the 2x72 with a 320 grit belt,, I tried to match the gentle smile as best I could to the original's
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Now I fliped them to the backside and stuck the #7 blade in there, pretty tuff to find it huh ??? look close it is there :p
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Gotta do some serious honing, that 7th razor is going to be fun to bring back the edge on :D
dhat,
Looks like you've got a great set of razors. You're pretty lucky, ever time I get a red point it seems to have scale issues. 6 out of 7 is a pretty good success rate. Stay safe!!
Best Regards,
Howard
Glen,
Great job, as usual!! Thanks for the pics!! :)
Glen makes it look so easy doesn't he? I guess I will have to work a little harder next time to find some "lost cause" that will challenge him.
