Thread: hi from an ol merchant marine officer!

hello 2 all u fine fellows im captn chris ,im almost new 2 this site,and a vetran straight razor guy,grew up in a barbers shop my mom ,and dad owned for 38 years,been gettin straight shaves since i was 17 or 18,and theres nothin like em.id like to thank you guys, for startin the sight its nice to have a place to research the razors,and just plain see whats going on .do you guys ever meet up in fla?i usually have to go to knife shows to find a good razor.its nice to know you guys sell em.im lookinfor a good puma ,that wont rake a brother over the jettys.lol well thanx for all the great entertainment keep up the good work guys over.!

Welcome Chris,

There has never been a group gathering in Florida that I know of. It would be nice, but so far nobody has put anything together. Everyone is probably too busy or doesn't have the facilities for a meet up.

Regards - Walt

Aloha Captain and welcome to SRP. My father is a Barber my grandfather was a Barber and my brother is in Barber school not. Have you had any luck finding straights in places that you have ported?

ive got a razor, that came from crystobal,panama,one is a wostenholm spanish tip ,with 5/8 hollow grind,and engraved blade its 1 of my better shavers,but i need to have it rescaled.it has the yellow scales with hollow ground on stamped on 1 side of scales,and had a lead spacer,so with that said the origanal scales will no doubt b hard to find.i wouldnt choose to replace them without having originals ,as it will no doubt decrease the razors valuei also have a union cutlery i found in belieze were i have 2 acres and a fishing camp in stann creek district,thats my everyday shaver,it was made in atlanta,and was nos when i found it at a barbers shop there in placencia.so its like brand new,and it sings like a bird.no doubt very good american steel.these are the only 2 ive found on my endevors.
thank you for the welcome,and thanks to my beautiful mother for teaching me the beautiful art of the straight shave.its no doubt an art.

well wait thanx for the reply ,and maby we can get somthing going down here lord knows it wouldnt hurt to to try to get somthing together down heresos we can congregate together ,and swap stories.lolthanx again.