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02-03-2017, 05:11 PM #1
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- Aug 2014
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- East Central Illinois
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Thanked: 101Now I have to get a Torrey strop!
Thanks guy's!!
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07-31-2017, 01:06 AM #2
My first Torrey
Dan
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07-31-2017, 01:20 AM #3
Excellent blades. I love mine. Really take and hold a good edge and easy to hone.
Nice!!Jay
Nemo me impune lacessit
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doc47 (07-31-2017)
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08-04-2017, 12:15 AM #4
Lovely razor, doc. I believe that I was watching that one last week, knowing that I couldn't feed the RAD but wanting to see what it would go for. I'm very happy to see that it found a good home!
Knowledge is power. Power corrupts.
Study hard, be evil.
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08-04-2017, 05:11 AM #5
I had one JR Torrey and regret selling it.
"A Honer's adage "Hone-Shave-Repeat"
~William~
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10-23-2017, 03:28 PM #6
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- Sep 2017
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- Upstate New York
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Thanked: 104Just found one that looks just like that one. (Except dirty and in need of some love)
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05-18-2023, 06:35 AM #7
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- Jan 2023
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Thanked: 5
Do clubs ever die? Or do people just not like Torrey razors anymore?
Just received my very first, but not my last, Torrey in the mail today. Nice 5/8" "Our 136." Honed it up on a BBW/Coticule progression, and it's as nice a shaver as I've ever used, and quite sleek and modern looking for being a century+ old design. I may just spend some time polishing this one up.
It came in an excellent condition, very uncommon, Torrey coffin cushioned strop box and razor holder. C-MON box shown in comparison to demonstrate the comically large size (or miniature strop size) of the razor box. The strop box was patented in 1882, patent expired in 1899. I doubt either the box or the razor is that old, and if they are, they've been extraordinarily well preserved. I vaguely recall seeing another box like this years ago, but for the life of me, I can't remember if I saw it in an antique store or online in one of the forums.
Edit: I noticed that the razor did not extend as deep into the strop as the length of the strop box. Looking down into it with a flashlight revealed an object wrapped in brown paper. Could this be strop dressing? With some difficulty, I managed to extract the paper wrapped object. Wrapped in layers of brown butcher's paper I extracted... a piece of wood. Dejected, I wrapped it back up and stuffed it back where it came from. Perhaps someday I'll pull it back out and write a note on it for some future owner to discover, when I am long dead.Last edited by PLANofMAN; 05-18-2023 at 07:23 AM.
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05-18-2023, 07:54 PM #8
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- Jan 2023
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First shave with it, and first shave with an American made straight razor, for that matter. Liked it enough to immediately go buy this...
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05-18-2023, 08:28 PM #9
Nice razors. I do like the style of a shoulderless razor. Good stuff.
- Mick.
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05-19-2023, 03:02 AM #10
Oh yeah! Set the bevel swooping a bit.
A fine lot of razor left there!
Torreys are good to see!