Originally Posted by
matarius777
Thanks for the advice. I’m pretty good at sharpening knives and chisels on oil stones, so am tempted to do it myself, I remember seeing a service at a very traditional barbers shop just off Piccadilly in London, I seem to remember £4o for honing though I don’t know if the work required on mine would cost more, I could certainly clean up the blade myself.
I have a terrible confession to make, that may well get me lynched on here! As a young child, I used to explore some drawers at my grandmother’s, well after my grandfather died, I remember finding quite a few straight razors that held quite some mystique and were slightly frightening because of their keen edges. One, I swung into the edge of a table, taking a large neat V shaped nick out of the blade, followed by several more! I could cry now, I’m sure it would have been a top of the range razor! Oh well......
When I get this one in good working order, I shall post some more pics of it.