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02-10-2009, 01:31 AM #21Senior Member
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Ok, jmueller8 made me do it... but someone had to order one of these.
The blade came in a very nice wooden presentation box. The blade had a little protective plastic sleeve over it.
The razor itself is awesome and actually beat my expectations. It came fairly close to shave-ready even though I didn't request it. I gave it a go with just stropping before touching it up on a felt strop.
It is very hollow ground and you can hear the zing on the strop and the hairs popping off your face.
The scales, while not exactly exotic, look very nice with the blade and imho isn't a distraction to such a cool looking piece of steel.
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02-10-2009, 01:43 AM #22Comrade in Arms
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What a blade, nice. I wonder why you did not give the razor with the horn handles a shot. Either way, it looks very nice.
Al raz.
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02-10-2009, 01:44 AM #23Newbie for life!
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Oh man
that razor is even more beautiful than the original image I found! I had a real issue with the scales but now I see that they go "perfectly" with the razor. The focal point is the blade and the scales sort of balance it out. Your last picture is just stunning!
Thank you very much for sharing!Last edited by jmueller8; 02-10-2009 at 03:36 AM.
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02-10-2009, 01:48 AM #24Hones & Honing
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Now that's a good looking razor!
Randolph Tuttle, a SRP Mentor for residents of Minnesota & western Wisconsin
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02-10-2009, 04:38 AM #25Rusty nails
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You forgot to wipe out all the oil stains.
What others said, a great looker indeed.
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02-10-2009, 05:31 AM #26lost
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Wow looks like they are off to a great start!!!!!
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02-10-2009, 06:04 AM #27Senior Member
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Your razor is razor porn!!!!
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02-10-2009, 06:14 AM #28Senior Member
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That really is lovely. Looks way prettier then their ad on the web. If biz ever gets better it is on my list.......... or even if it doesn't get better.
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10-14-2010, 10:29 AM #29Member
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I saw it for $874 on knife centers website, but still more than I can pay even for such a beauty.
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12-16-2010, 08:22 PM #30Senior Member
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Did you find the machine? How does it look like?
Originally Posted by Buddel
Buy the blade and send it to me. For only a few bucks more, I will rehandle it for you. *this is my chance to hold one time this blade in my hands *
@JimmyHAD: My information is, that we having in germany including H. Wacker only 6 men, that still can make a really hollow ground. All of them are oldern than 60 years. I dont know, how many Thiers in france has, but you must not be a prophet, that this craftmanship will soon die off.
It is the same with the grinding machine for this, called "Schleifhexe". There are only a handfull left. The majority of this machines was destroyed and scraped in the 1960´and 1970´. Im now searching over an half year here in germany one, without any success.
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