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True Dat!
ATM What I really want is a Beaver straight razor, mostly because I'm Canadian.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...as-turner.html
When I get that it will be something else I will want, nay NEED to get.
This is a homage to your HG .......... not an exact copy, but based on yours. Great shaver by Bruno @ Snail Forge.
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In no particular order, in this 1 of 3 part series, these have all been my "Holy Grail" at one point or another. Right up until something else came along.
8/8 Joseph Rodgers & Sons - Dutch Rattler
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9/8 Brittain, Wilkinson & Brownell circa 1830 - large near wedge
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10/8 E.L. & Co - Masonic large near wedge
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10/8 Joseph Rodgers & Sons - large near wedge
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Chee
Yea, nothing wrong with wanting a Canadian beaver. I really enjoy mine. :angel:
Bob
In no particular order, part 2 of this 3 part series, these have all been my "Holy Grail" at one point or another.
8/8+ Joseph Elliot - For Barbers Use Faux Frameback
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9/8 Wade & Butcher - For Barbers Use Near Wedge
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9/8+ Wade & Butcher - Hollow Ground For Barbers Use
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10/8 - 9/8 W. Greaves & Sons 1/2 hollow
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Chee
Part 3 of 3. The last installment in this series of Holy Grails before this one goes in a box somewhere for eternity....lol
The most recent acquisition.
7/8 Wade & Butcher Ottoman Egyptian & Royal Windsor Razor (misspelled version)
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Chee
That's a helluva group, Cheeta.
Way more than my wish list.
I have acquired several rare things as I saw them, not knowing that they existed.
I suppose a grail razor would be something you have seen pictures of and thought you would never find.
One in particular I was fortunate to find...R. Heinisch.
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Some discussion here..https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/...ml#post1557270
My holy grail is this Geo. Wostenholm etched blade. It may be one of a kind as it is a.commorative razor made probably as a gift for someone high up in the American Party of the 1850s.
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Some information here.
https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/...w-nothing.html
I've been looking for a Duble Duck "Napoleon" for 30 years and can't even find a good picture of it let alone the real thing.
Still Looking for "Mine"
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I will find one for myself sooner or later
Griffith Shaving Goods has one for sale now, but it ain't cheap:o
https://www.griffithshavinggoods.com...39694385479774
I have a dozen razors, a Dovo Astrail, Boker Kng Cutter and a TI.
The rest are not worth anything much $20 - $50 sort of stuff, all well honed I love them all, but my holy grail(s).
At this point in the game I just want nice razors that I can admire with well known names.
Puma, Double Duck, Ern etc, don't have to rare just pretty. I also want a wedge, I will get the Unicorns later.
I only have one holy grail on my list. A very large Wosty, preferably 10/8ths or larger.
But I believe I do have one that some would consider a grail. How bout a early American Rattler, from the Northfield Cutlery Co. of Connecticut.
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I still want a set in an ivory case... Something like that
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And I still have to finish my 7-pieces Gustave Keller set.
Idealy, because it MUST have existed, I would love to find a MOP Keller razor.
But I will settle for these
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The owner told me he would trade them for something equivalent, to whit, a pair of late 19th century French tortoise razors :cry:
I have always wanted a complete 7 day set with the days etched on the spine. Scalloped spines would also be nice.
When I saw a picture of that razor I wondered if there were others.
Then there it was. Of course, another has not been seen? Had it a long while. Forget what I paid, too!
Now Spendur has never seen a picture...Still has faith! :rofl2:
Looks like my search may have ended... For now. This one found me.
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Obtained for a horse trade, with are fine member...Nipper. :tu
Very cool, Mike! Nipper is good people :tu
You have had that on your want list for a very long time. Good score stroking something off your want list after having been collecting for a long time.
I'm really looking forward to seeing it after the Mike treatment.
That razor would be something that Id love to have in my collection. If this is going in for a resto..it's gonna look sick!
A project that's gonna take some time, Steve. Nipper's gonna have me busy with some others, first.
Gotta pay the Piper for the song, first. Then we'll play. But I have done a little pre work to it. Like separating it from the scales, and a clean-up to see how bad things are, and what I can/need do.
So far its in pretty good condition, for its age.
No saving the collars...their toasted and flat as warm beer. Scales appear to be in good shape, a bit of warpage and delamination, but nothing in comparison to others I've saved.
But I see many o' hours at the sanding and polishing block, to bring her around again.
Nothing better than a good project. :beer1:
Out of curiosity Mike and for when I do it myself.
When you said many hours at the sanding block, as a all park how many hours are you talking?
I sanded my blade before putting those cheap plastic scales on. I spent maybe half hour sanding it then polished it but it didn't look any different to me after. To be fair, it is already shiny and in fine shape with just some pitting that I was trying to remove but I was a bit concerned that if I sanded deep enough to take the pitting out I might do something bad to the blade.
It all depends on the grind of the razor.
A full hollow ground razor, isn't going to handle a bunch of sanding, before you destroy the integrity of the blade. Did this myself, on the first razor I tried to restore.
Turned that puppy into aluminum foil.!
The wedge type grinds, have way more steel that can be sanded away, without harm to its integrity.
So when I say "many O' hours". Were talking days, in collective hours. It all depends on the grind, and how far I can go, with the damage at hand. ( learned thru trial and error )
Besides the shave, that's why I prefer the heavy grinds. They're the ones, if not honed to death, that are worth the time making look new, again. There's just not a lot you can do with full hollows, with a bunch of pitting.
Just clean them up the best ya can, hone and enjoy them. The more you do/restore, the more you'll learn about their limitations, and your own.
All the information you need, is right at your finger tips, and found in this forums library, and work shop. From there its learning a skill, set. Or I should say, learning the unknown.
Like anything.... You only get better at it, the more ya do it. The more you do, the more it becomes an instinct. That's why I like project blades that give me a challenge, it pushes me to a higher skill set, or level of learning out of my comfort range.
But I'm that way with anything, that I put my mind to. I just gotta know what's behind the next, door. Always forward, never stepping back.
Yup.
Best part of sanding an old wedge is you can find techniques to avoid the edge and work the spine up to bring some symmetry.
Takes a long time. Hone wear is moved-up. Blade is hollowed some to get that bevel where it should be.
Ain't no joke....
Yep!
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For me a straight razor shaver for 35 years or so it’s a Puma Gold 6/8 full hollow. A singing razor to be sure. I judge Holy Grail as the razor that delivers the best shave and stays hanging hair sharp for a long time. I have three other Pumas in my seven day rotation now. I’ve shaved with many Wade and Butchers. Not many old brands I haven’t owned. I have a pre Sheaf Works Greaves made between 1816 and 1821 that shaves as nice as any Wade and Butcher. Greaves Melted and poured their own steel. It was a high end razor compared to W&B a working man’s more affordable razor. I have a W&B now I wouldn’t want to part with two actually one I can trace ownership to about 1850. I have two Dovos I purchased new in 1997 that are nice shavers. At the end of the day if the razor is honed to perfection and properly maintained it will give a nice shave and last for generations. Either Madison or Monroe Presidents 4 and 5 were in office when the Greaves I have was made.
Well by that standard my list would change some. I love the big choppers. I'm like cheetah: the bigger the better. Hell, if I could shave with it then go hack up a chicken with the thing I'd be in heaven...as far as what I like aesthetically.
However,
Razors are somewhat like women in that the sexiest looking one is often NOT the one you want realistically. The one you want is the one that makes it work between you.
Somebody here has as their signature, "pretty don't shave," or something like that. Ain't that the truth. I love the W/B FBUs and they, unlike some fancy looking things, shave great but the best shavers I have in my collection are in order of preference:
1) Henry Sears and Son Queen 7/8 #740. It was a FSOTD a few days ago although not really a sexy thing. That thing is scary sharp and stays that way. I can't remember the last time I did more than strop it.
2) Westby Leicester circa 1840, first razor I restored. It is another that gives a smoking shave and holds an edge but plain to the eye.
3) Taylor <eye> Witness. Ugly as a fat lady's arse, not the grind or shape, it is just covered in dark blemishes, mainly on the spine and tang. Shallow, surface pits really but it is too hollow to sand them all out. Not a looker by any stretch of the imagination but that darn thing shaves like a monster.
None of these would resell for very much but honestly the Sears you'd have to pry from my death clutched fingers anyway.
Say what?....:w
I don't know what you're talking about...:confused:...:shrug: