Thread: The Palmer

I guess pretty bad is subjective as I am used to shaving off of my 16K shapton glass or my Coti. Also my 8K King is not my favorite hone. I do know what a good bevel looks & feels like. I set the bevel on my 1K Shapton Pro then went to the 2K sand paper. Guess I just needed to smooth out that 1K edge. As of today I went to my 12K Chinese then my 16K Shapton & it shaves smooth as butter.

Slawman

Glad it turned out well.

I'm going to try to find one of these for myself.

I'm moving back to Illinois. This means I'll be heading up to Chicago, which means more stays at the Palmer House. How cool would it be to shave with a Palmer at the Palmer?

For anyone who has never been...

Forgot to mention, there is a Merz Apothecary shop on the Palmer House grounds. Great supply of shaving products - I picked up some Mitchell's Wool Fat and a Penhaligon's sampler there. Almost picked up a Dovo Bergischer Lowe there but couldn't pull the trigger.

https://www.merzapothecary.com

Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan

Forgot to mention, there is a Merz Apothecary shop on the Palmer House grounds. Great supply of shaving products - I picked up some Mitchell's Wool Fat and a Penhaligon's sampler there. Almost picked up a Dovo Bergischer Lowe there but couldn't pull the trigger.

https://www.merzapothecary.com

I haven't been to the store in the Palmer house but I have been to the other one Great place to shop. Got my Bay Rum there. Need to get some more.

Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan

Glad it turned out well.

I'm going to try to find one of these for myself.

I'm moving back to Illinois. This means I'll be heading up to Chicago, which means more stays at the Palmer House. How cool would it be to shave with a Palmer at the Palmer?

For anyone who has never been...

Where are you moving to? I live near Charleston IL.

Originally Posted by Slawman

Where are you moving to? I live near Charleston IL.

I'll be moving to the Bloomington area.

If you went to the other Merz location, you went to the bigger/better one. I'm hoping to visit that one myself.

I have a pair as well. Great shavers, and was a fun project.
https://straightrazorpalace.com/cust...ekend-set.html

Nice research on the Palmer there!

Good reading in that thread as well. I've got some diamond spray, abd now I'm wanting to look into balsa (I'm using felt currently).

Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan

I'll be moving to the Bloomington area.

If you went to the other Merz location, you went to the bigger/better one. I'm hoping to visit that one myself.

It is a great store and I recommend going by yourself as there is so much to look at & my wife got bored. Parking can be tight around the shop but let me tell you it is worth the wait. Be sure & bring plenty of $$$ !

So I was at the Pork & Apple Festival in Clinton, Il and I had to smile when I opened up this razor and saw it was a Palmer. Now, I know from the research of others in this thread that the razor is not affiliated with the hotel in Chicago, but I still plan on cleaning this one up, getting it shave ready, and taking it with me next time I stay at the Palmer House.

Also I came away with this Red Imp, both razors came fairly cheap.