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04-13-2015, 12:00 AM #1Thread derailment specialist.
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Been messing with those things off and on for a while. The steel in them is harder than any razor I've put on my stones. Those damn things just skate across a stone. I get started honing and then fall out of gear.
Originally Posted by Wirm
Giving them another try this weekend. I'm at 8K with 'em and they're cutting hair above my arm. I think they'll be razors again before the night's over.Member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club, participant SE Asia War Games 1972-1973. The oath I swore has no statute of limitation.
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04-13-2015, 12:27 AM #2I love Burls....... and Acrylic
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For me, it's this ugly Fart. Found it in the wild for less than a Big Mac meal. Rescaled it in some Pau Ferro (Bolivian Rosewood) left all the pitting but polished it up. Took a great edge off my magical 1" Coti and just never let's me down. The shaves are just terrific from this blade. I'm guessing the reason is because it's a Joseph Elliot, a Wedge, and a happy smile.
Burls, Girls, and all things that Swirl....
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04-13-2015, 01:46 AM #3King of the Shorties
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Some of my favourite razors are lesser known brands.
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D. C. Halsted shorty
Peter Hahn for S. R. Droescher shorty
Also an EMDE Bros, but I dont have a picture of it at the moment.Recovered Razor Addict
(Just kidding, I have one incoming...)
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04-13-2015, 02:42 AM #4Senior Member
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Can't! They're in the witness protection program.
It's a dog eat dog world and I have on milk bone underwear.
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04-13-2015, 11:58 PM #5Senior Member
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Cool thread guys! This Union Cutlery O-Bak is one of my favorite lesser talked about razors. Great American steel, shaves smoothly.
The best American who ever lived? John Wayne.
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04-14-2015, 07:37 AM #6Senior Member
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Love this beauty. Never seen another like it. Hermes was a precursor to Merkur, which date this razor to somewhere before 1920.
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04-14-2015, 11:16 AM #7Senior Member
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These two are little known high end Sheffield razor manufacturers from the late 1800's and these two are my go-to razors. Sharper and smoother than anything I have and the Ivory scales somehow make them sharper.
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What a curse be a dull razor; what a prideful comfort a sharp one
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04-14-2015, 12:45 PM #8Senior Member
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I just sold my "Peter Hahn" because I needed money. It was one of my best shavers too. Originally Posted by Aldwyn
Some of my favourite razors are lesser known brands.
Examples:
D. C. Halsted shorty
Peter Hahn for S. R. Droescher shorty
Also an EMDE Bros, but I dont have a picture of it at the moment.What a curse be a dull razor; what a prideful comfort a sharp one
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