Thread: The Butcher Shop

Atta boy, Wullie! We are "old School" ! Now pray tell me.......How was a crocus finish accomplished? I have a few. Nothing like it. Buff all you want!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Atta boy, Wullie! We are "old School" ! Now pray tell me.......How was a crocus finish accomplished? I have a few. Nothing like it. Buff all you want!

With Crocus cloth,by hand.I use 15micron finishing film to get the same effect.

Originally Posted by Mvcrash

Here is another.

You have two 10/8... you bastard

Seriously though, great catches Jeff! It's like throwing a dubble bulls eye in one serie. Well done!

Originally Posted by Mikael

You have two 10/8... you bastard

Seriously though, great catches Jeff! It's like throwing a dubble bulls eye in one serie. Well done!

Thanks, the good news is I have three, just no photo of the third. On all three I was extremely lucky. The first two were purchased when I first started to str8 shave. I had no idea what they were but they were cool looking and cheap. The third was Robert Williams being very kind to me and allowing me to be the caretaker.

I have several other W&B razors and never thought I would shave with such a big razor. Once I tried, I was hooked. The amazing thing about them is they NEVER leave me with any razor burn. Sometimes I get heavy handed and get a slight burn with the AS. With the big blades it never happens.

I need to take a family photo of mine. But im also afraid to find out how many i really have!

Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

I need to take a family photo of mine. But im also afraid to find out how many i really have!

C'mon we wont judge, we're all as sick as each other here - SRP is like AA in a brewery

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Atta boy, Wullie! We are "old School" ! Now pray tell me.......How was a crocus finish accomplished? I have a few. Nothing like it. Buff all you want!

I would imagine the final polish was done by men seated or laying prone over a huge leather or cloth buffing wheel run by a leather belt from a line shaft that powered by steam or water.

A lot of them died a miserable death from silicosis.

I've been trying to find a picture of the "horse" as they called the seat above the wheel like was employed in most of the cutlery houses "back in the day" and as usual it is MANAH TO THE RESCUE!
http://www.strazors.com/uploads/imag...Panels_1-7.pdf

4th page down on that pdf shows some of the old grinding stations.

THANKS ALEX!!

Done,3.25 Oz. of steel and Horn and not one machine tool used
9/8 almost all the way across.

Ok i got around to taking the family photo. 29 W&B including 2 specials, 3 bow, 2 fine india steel, 3 celebrated holow, 4 for barbers use with one being celebrated hollow, Barbers rattler, Full concave, 4 extra hollow with the largest being 8/8

Last 2 pic. The single one is one of my favorite's