Thread: Found a Palmer(?) straight and a Four Sided Paddle Strop in a vintage shop...

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Nice haul there. I've wanted a Palmer for a while now....for no other reason than the fact that I'm from Chicago and want a bit of my city's history in my collection. They pop up but they aren't always as nice as yours. I keep my eyes peeled and eventually one will surface again.

Not to make you jealous - but here's my Palmer 41 I won in the giveaway. Love it

Originally Posted by RoyalCake

Not to make you jealous - but here's my Palmer 41 I won in the giveaway. Love it

Mission accomplished.

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...

Originally Posted by SkyBlazer

Ah, crud. Forgot the pic. Here we go, side by side...

There it is!

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.