Thread: hi i need serous help on which blade to send in to get honed

Hi so i have recently purchased 2 vintage straight razors and both need a professional honeing there is only one place near me and they want 35 i have no idea which razor to send in and i know nothing about them accept they are both made in Germany one is in solingen and on the tang it reads robiharikopf garantie Solingen and the other in black scales reads fully warranted germany which one do i send in some one please help the solingen has some pitting on it but i have no idea which to get done and i can't upload photos for some reason but the fully warranted germany is like mint condition

The mint condition one...

...But, where are you planning to send it? Don't send it to a knife sharpener. He'll most likely turn your straight razor into a letter opener. Have a look in the classifieds on this site to find a bonafide straight razor honmeister.

Have fun.

Take a look in the Classifieds: Member Services. Member Services - Straight Razor Place Classifieds These are members of SRP who know what they are doing and are more than willing to talk you through the first steps.

BTW, kudos on getting your razor professionally honed. It make a huge difference and is something that man newer members overlook.

Best of luck and let us know how it goes!

I would send them to Glenn or Max.

If you were planning on sending one razor to the place near you for $35, you can find someone in the classifieds to do both for you around the same price. More importantly, you would be sending them to a honemeister, which is crucial.

It cannot be stated enough: DO NOT LET ANYONE HONE THAT RAZOR UNLESS THEY ARE A STRAIGHT RAZOR USER. I'm not sure where you are from, but you should be just fine using anyone from here: Member Services - Straight Razor Place Classifieds

Hint:

The second smartest thing new members can do after finding SRP is to put their location into their profile, it really really helps us narrow down the answers to the help you need ...

Ok lol im in Oshawa Ontario canada

Originally Posted by cannon123

Ok lol im in Oshawa Ontario canada

There's the gentleman's den in Toronto and the Classic Edge...I'd advise, for speed of turn around, Val at the Gentleman's Den, he does all mine and I get them back quickly and beautifully done.

Just remember, if you send anything across the border, you could get dinged for customs duty, which happened to me after sending some razors across the border. They showed up, and the post wanted $60.00 for customs duty, even though there was no purchase of anything, they just screwed me over the value of the blades. That was a bitter lesson to learn...