Thread: Bunch of razors

What's the norm for posting pics? Photobucket?

Originally Posted by MOboy

What's the norm for posting pics? Photobucket?

That's what I use.

Box of 40



One I'm interested in finding out more about, value, collectability, etc. It says: Geo. Wostenholm & Sons Doubly Carbonized I*XL Razor. It has a smooth black handle and someone has engraved 1850 in the handle.

First of all , sorry for your loss. Evaluations of price are not allowed here. If you think about that you will begin to understand why. It looks like you have a collection of something someone was passionate about. If you go to e-bay and type in a few descriptions of what you have you will see all kinds of prices. A trained eye could tell you why the differences in price. If I were you and had any interest at all in using one I would look for some local help to show you how and discuss your options. You may want to keep them all in the end :<0)

Your dangling pork chops in front of pit bulls :<0)

Geo. Wostenholm & Sons Doubly Carbonized Razor is a very nice framed back razor, great piece and it looks in very nice condition - that will clean up wonderfully - nice bunch of razors.

Well. You seem to have an audience. What! Is that a Urham Uplex?

Keep them if the family member was close. They are of sentimental value & old heirlooms like that are always special. You might want to clean them up & also go to the library here & learn how to restore them. If you are interested in wet shaving, you will find that using a straight razor that has been honed & stropped properly will give you a much closer, smoother shave than the conventional 4-5 bladed cartridge type razors of today plus the cartridge refills are expensive! You can go here:
Lynns YouTube videos:

https://www.youtube.com/user/LynnSAbrams/videos

Also the library here:

Straight Razor Place Library - Straight Razor Place Library

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html

These are some helpful links but you know what to do since you know how to use a computer, you can browse different ares in here & find all kinds of information. If you click on the large SRP logo at the top of the page, it will take you to the main page where you will find the straight razor database along with a lot of other things on the left side. The database might have some of the razors you have acquired & you can find out about them. If you are interested in this, it wouldn't be a bad idea to buy you a few books about straight razors as well which give history & dates of manufacture & so on. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask on the forum or you can even send me a message if you need to know something.
You will like it more than the conventional cartridge type razors plus they tend to burn & itch but a god straight razor or even a good old double edge razor with some good blades like Feather blades will give you a good shave. There are also more than just Feather blades that are of good quality & you can buy sample packs on Amazon & eBay to see which ones you like.
Good luck & I hope you decide to take up wet shaving.

Well, i made the previous message before I read the others. I guess you aren't interested in wet shaving but if you would give it a try, I think you would like it. I know it sounds like you already have several collections & hobbies but you just might have something here. Send me a message if you are looking to get rid of them like old blades has mentioned.

As far as I can tell, the OP hasn't been back since his "came to the wrong place" comment. Might still be possible to contact him through the "send email" link in his profile. Since I doubt he will be back.

It's called a frameback, and I have one just like it. It's a great razor, pretty, and a superior shaver.