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04-15-2014, 03:05 AM #11
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!
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04-15-2014, 03:07 AM #12
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
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04-15-2014, 03:23 AM #13
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.
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04-15-2014, 03:31 AM #14
Ah, crud. Forgot the pic. Here we go, side by side...
Last edited by SkyBlazer; 04-15-2014 at 03:49 AM.
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04-15-2014, 03:34 AM #15
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04-15-2014, 03:42 AM #16
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.
Last edited by SkyBlazer; 04-15-2014 at 03:54 AM.
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04-15-2014, 11:28 PM #17
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.