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  1. 09-29-2008, 02:14 AM #1
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    Oh the joy/pain that is RAD.....i got my paycheck friday and couldn't resist I got these two this weeekend...can't wait to recieve them. The Henckels is going to be my first rescale project (idk why i just have an affinity for Henckels) and the Torrey...idk what i'm gonna do with it yet :P

    J.A. Henckels GERMAN vintage STRAIGHT RAZOR 401 in case - eBay (item 260291005931 end time Sep-27-08 18:50:00 PDT)

    OLD J. R. Torrey Co. Straight Edge Razor - eBay (item 260291046859 end time Sep-27-08 10:44:07 PDT)
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  2. 09-29-2008, 02:25 AM #2
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    The Henckels looks like it will clean up really nice -- the blade is in great shape, and you'll have fun rescaling it.

    The J. R. Torrey, however, is more of a mystery: the pictures are of a Swedish razor -- (I think Torrey was a Massachusetts company) so there's a mismatch here. Either way, good on you -- both are keepers!

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    here are some pics of the blade of the torrey in quesiton that the seller sent me...
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    Why the seller couldn't have snapped a meaningful pic of the makers mark/tang stamp it beyond me.

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    Aah. If my guess is correct, that appears to be a Torrey 'Our Beauty,' which is supposed to be a pretty fine razor.
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  8. 09-29-2008, 03:01 AM #6
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    oh cassady your words are sweet music to my ears! hahahaha i love getting good deals :-)
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    I can confirm that it is a torrey"our beauty" I have one damn near mint in the box w papers.
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    Oh oh... I may have a problem here. No one told me I had to have papers for my razors. For a pet parakeet, yes; for razors, whooda thunk it?
    Is it too late to rectify my oversight? Depends, huh?

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    It turns out that the pictures in the ebay ad for the torrey were the wrong pictures...it's a completely different razor pictures. However the written discription is correct (mins the misreading of beauty as benotg) and it is a Torrey "our Beauty"
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