I've wanted this razor for atleast 3 years and now I have it at last. It's the 15/16 Antik no. 1/35 http://i.imgur.com/cKQpf67.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/xnZCKQt.jpg
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I've wanted this razor for atleast 3 years and now I have it at last. It's the 15/16 Antik no. 1/35 http://i.imgur.com/cKQpf67.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/xnZCKQt.jpg
Love those scales
Today is my birthday and I just ordered a Wacker "Barbiers Bride". I'm very anxious to hone it myself.
Until now, i'm quite disapointed With Wacker.
See here why:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/gener...ml#post1350874
I'm about to join the club! Just ordered my Wacker Old Sheffield Keilschliff notch point wedge. Photos will follow as soon as I have my Wacker in my hot little hands.
(That kinda sounded wrong.)
Not the best of pictures - but then again, it's the razor that counts.
http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0b269c23.jpg
http://i68.tinypic.com/2mgplqh.jpg
Wacker 15/16, full hollow, coated steel (the dark side....)
I have always wanted a Wacker but never badly enough to pay the price of a new one.
Last week I found this baby on marktplaats, a free Dutch auction site. Used 2x according to the seller who had not managed to get a good shave out of her.
I couldn't resist and bought her half the original price. Macroscopically it is in pristine condition. With the loupe I saw minimal damage at the toe end of the bevel. I reset the bevel with a 1.5K Shapton and the Yokoma barber hone. Finished with the kosher coticule with slurry (hone on top of the pictures) and the vintage natural combo without slurry. The kosher coticule is a bit grittier than the vintage one.Attachment 228993Attachment 228994Attachment 228995
Shaved yesterday and today with the Le Chevalier: she takes a very keen edge and gives an irritation-free shave.
One thing I don't like about this razor: the large part of the tang covered by the scales when the razor is open. For the sake of comparison I pictured it with a random razor of my rotation. That bit of the scales really gets in the way when stropping. Any thoughts?
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