Thread: Family Jewels

I have a great stable...

This brings both pride and sorrow, but here we go:

Extreme left: Vintage 1960 (3rd quarter) Fat Boy (in original case) used by Dad for 25+ years... pretty much worn... but holds a new blade with one shave on it - I use it occasionally.

Top Left: Vintage Correl Ware Coffee Cup (LOL). Puck of Williams still wet from tonight's shave.

Top Right: A Brush. I have no idea. Might be Boar. Well worn. I watched Dad pump copious amounts of canned goo into this brush and rub it onto his face. Sadly, by the time I got it and found out a guy could actually apply a good soap to his face.. Dad was gone. I miss you, Buddy. I would have loved to have given you a shave with Paw-paw's Larkin.

Right: Grand-Dad's Vintage 1962 Adjustable (in original case with original blade packet). It's very likely this razor was used for 9 blades. Blade 10 is still in the box, very rusty. Paw-Paw died in early '63. This DE razor is like NEW!

Bottom: Grand-Dad's Larkin. From what I can find out this razor is circa 1920-1930. As many of you know it was a 'gift' for ordering via mail from somewhere. When I got it, it went on the hone briefly, then to the wool, then to the leather, then to my face.

Yesterday I put it in a vise and briefly polished the spine, the tang and the logo below the jimps. I would like to restore this razor, but unpinning it at this point would be madness.

The scales are almost perfect with only a tiny boo-boo halfway along... they are tight... the blade stands happily where placed. The wedge is good. The blade is only discolored by time. There is no rust. It smiles and when I put it on my face it wipes away my whiskers like they're not even there. Basically... it's my 'go to' razor when I want to check razors. It's probably a 4/8 hollow.

I miss you guys...