Thread: Hotel housekeeping broke my razor

The title pretty much sums it up. I travel a lot and always take two razors with me. The last trip I had taken my 7/8 Bartman. Nice razor, shaves super. I have two of them, one in multicolor horn and another in black horn. Well, I shaved Monday with it, Tuesday I used my other razor. Then Wednesday I lathered up, got out the Bartman, opened it to strop and just stood there. A big old hunk of steel was missing from the blade. It looks like housekeeping opened it up then dropped it into the sink. Pretty much ruined.


I had a talk with the manager and he offered to replace it without hesitation. I stay there a lot. I may regrind the blade and make a 7/8 short blade just because I can. Shame, it was a nice razor and I like the multicolor scales.


So they credited my card the cost and I started looking around for a replacement. John over at shavingshop.com had a two razor set that came in a leather case. Perfect for my traveling. Both are Wacker razors. The round point is a full wedge in black buffalo, the Spanish point is a ¼ hollow. The case is a very soft leather. The blade is laser etched instead of gold washed which I like. You dont find many new wedge razors. Both are 6/8. I honed them up this evening, good edge. Tomorrow the wedge will get whisker whacking duty.