Thank you for the awesome info, everyone! I'll definitely have to pay this place a visit if I ever end up in the Windy City :)
What a gorgeous razor, RoyalCake!
Thank you for the awesome info, everyone! I'll definitely have to pay this place a visit if I ever end up in the Windy City :)
What a gorgeous razor, RoyalCake!
The strop you have looks like a J.R. Torrey four sided paddle strop. The hone side is actually an old rock italian razor hone (coticule)... check out the thread here: Combo Strop
I am impressed with the Palmers weight and spine. It is considerably thicker and beefier than the only other razor I own-- a vintage Erik Anton Berg Garanti (?) from Sweden. The Garanti (my first razor, the one I learned to hone and shave with) is nimbler, seems more maneuverable than the Palmer. The Palmer seems more aggressive but is just as agile. I do need to mind the point more than the Garanti and its muted point.
I found them both in the same shop. Here is a photo of them side by side.
Ah, crud. Forgot the pic. Here we go, side by side...
There it is!Quote:
Originally Posted by SkyBlazer
Wow! That's exactly what the strop looks like! So, I somehow scored a coticule stone? By the number of threads I've read, I understand that to be a good thing.
yup! The only issue is, you'll probably want to lap the stone in your combo strop before using it. This would require a decent amount of water, which will probably hurt the leather stropping materials sitting beside the stone.