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08-31-2009, 01:39 PM #1Junior Member
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My weekend at the antique stores in Madrid
Hello friends. Yesterday I took a walk around the traditional Rastro market in Madrid. For those who don't know, it's a huge area (20 streets and 6 squares) in the city where you can find almost anything you can imagine. One of the streets is dedicated only to antique stores, so I went there asking for straight razors. After seeing a lot of rusty crap, I found these two razors at a reasonable price:
The first one is a Hugo Rader, Solingen. I think the box is not original, but it's really old. I'm not an expert, but I think it's really clean, though is quite dull and the pins are a bit loose.
The second one is a Medallón Taurino by Jose Monserrat Pou. As you can see in the pictures has a lot of stains and the edge is slightly damaged, but it stills cuts hairs! I managed to pass the HHT in some areas.
I would like to hear your opinion, because I'm still a newbie in Straight Razors. Is it possible to bring them back to life? Because I don't want wall-hangers, i would like to add them to my rotation. If you need more pictures or explanations please ask me. Thanks in advance amigos!
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08-31-2009, 01:59 PM #2Member
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Nice razors! If I were you I'd get rid of that surface rust pronto then get them honed up for your rotation.
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08-31-2009, 10:37 PM #3Senior Member
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I have started with way worse than those two. I think even the rustier of the two will clean up fine. Good catch!!!
Mike
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09-01-2009, 01:30 AM #4The Great & Powerful Oz
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Nice find. They look quite serviceable.
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09-01-2009, 09:54 AM #5Senior Member
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I love hearing about local finds and you got some good ones!! Enjoy your shaves with them.
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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09-01-2009, 04:49 PM #6Senior Member
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What an excellent find, they seem almost ready to hone and shave.
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09-01-2009, 05:15 PM #7Junior Member
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Yes, they are pretty clean, especially the Hugo Rader. As they were cheap (12€ each) I think I could send them to one of the members in the classifieds for a restoration-honing. I am still learning to strop, so it's not a good idea trying to do it by myself...
Do you think it's worth it?
Last edited by Anibal; 09-01-2009 at 05:21 PM.
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09-01-2009, 06:24 PM #8Senior Member
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For shaving, just a bit of MAAS and a good rub by hand should work for both of them I suspect. The scales look pretty good and should clean up easily. So a little cleaning and a honing should get them both ready to go! If you want them really pretty it may take a little more work to smooth any pitting and to smooth out the scales but that should not be a major effort. Great find!
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09-02-2009, 04:46 PM #9Senior Member
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Bien hecho, compañero!!! I was told recently that in a "cuchilleria" in Atocha street they have new TI Special Coiffeur 1937 for about 95€....
Saludos
Carlos
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