Thread: Any Good?

It takes a lot of honing to really damage a razor unless you're using a power grinder. This razor should be great to learn on, especially since it needs some real honing work anyway, and should turn into a great shaver once you get the hang of honing.

The Novelty looks like it will clean up OK. These are really nice shavers and I would recommend them highly. Yes......I do have a couple of them.......hahahahaha. I do like the old US made razors. Keep us posted on your progress.

Lynn

OK, where do you folks see chips on the edge? I am looking and I just can't make them out. I see a couple discolorations, but they don't appear as chips to my eye. Granted, this could simply be inexperience, so school me fellas.
- John

Alright, I am going to hone it my self as soon as I have money to invest in a stone. I need to research a bit more, but all you guys seem to go with a norton, so that is what I will probably look into first Though I am kind of Loyal to Tony, so I will probably also look into his Thuringen Water stones as well.

What do you guys recomend as far as removing the blemishes on it? I seriously have no clue what I am doing here.

I use a product called Flitz. I use a T-shirt or paper towel. It takes a long time so I assume their must be a faster way. But speed is never really in my gameplan with straights.

I would ask Tony, all loyalty aside, about using that stone for an Ebay razor.

I would not recommend learning to hone on an Ebay razor, but rather on a new razor. I suppose that condradicts what everyone on here says. Atleast consider that you may need a med grit hone and a fine hone to hone up an Ebay razor. They usually come much duller than new razors, and they usually require you to build the bevel correctly, fix all the poor honing habits of the prior user, and then sharpen it.

Regardless, its something you'll want to learn. The Norton is ideally suited to this task as it cuts fast.

That's a fine razor, with lots of history, I guess...

The text on the scale says : Petar Jelic (that's the owner's name) Post (office, i guess) Jezerana kbr 226, town of Cernac, Croatia, Austria.


cheers,
Nenad

I see, huh. So you think the owner was Austrian, but had the blade made in America? I guess this is really hard to say and is speculation now.

Matt

Originally Posted by Kentriv

I see, huh. So you think the owner was Austrian, but had the blade made in America? I guess this is really hard to say and is speculation now.

Matt

Well, the blade is from the Novelty Cutlery, in Ohio, and the owner, who was from Croatia, (earlier part of Austria, later part of Yugoslavia, now almost part of European Union) likely customized the razor with after market scales, or just with a sticker glued underneath one of the scales...

Nenad

p.s. oh, I just noticed the picture of a man and woman on the scales, likely the owner and his wife! keewl!

There's another Novelty straight on the 'Bay right now. According to the listing, "Novelty Cutlery Company in Canton, Ohio was one of the leading manufacturer of pocket knives in the Victorian era, and made some interesting designs including this one."

http://cgi.ebay.com/Victorian-Novelt...QQcmdZViewItem