9/8 c-mon blackie

I thought I would share a new razor I picked up. It is a C-Mon Blackie. It is in very good condition, the spotting you see is a remnant of the where I am taking the picture and there is a bit of soap haze due to our hard water. It has been honed once and is a great shaver. I did not do the initial honing, basically I hit it with 5 trips on a natural La Rose hone that I got from same collection and did a few trips on a strop from the same collection.

This is a big razor the pictures have a Geo. Wostenholm & Sons Celebrated IXL for comparison, it too is from the same collection and is a great shaver.

Oh sweet God, that thing is beautiful...

Amazing find

Very nice. I recently picked up an 8/8's square point. Must be they are finding their way into the wild. It's about time! Congrats on a great score.

A) Wow!
B) I want them both!

Gorgeous. You guys are lucky. I am fortunate to have a 6/8 that is a great shave. Those vintage C-Mons are among the best IMO.

That's a beautiful score!

Funnily enough, I have honed a couple of C'Mon Blackies lately - 5/8ths - both lovely razors. The guy I honed them for managed to get about 20 or so of them as a job lot.

Must be C'Mon time!

Regards,
Neil

very nice one. in that size i should say it is rare. GREAT FIND. have fun using it and thank you for the pic's

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Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

Oh sweet God, that thing is beautiful...

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Indeed. :beer1:

Holy cow, what a nice chopper! I had no idea that Charles Monkhouse ever made any monsters like that, among the great line of C-MON razors. They are great shavers, and I can only imagine how nice a 1 inch + blade is to shave with. Congratulations.

Is it Charles - I always thought it was Carl... confused now!

Regards,
neil

Wow, I love the big C-MON! I am jealous.

Love my Blackie, but alas it's only a wee 6/8 :(. Great razor congrats!!

Wow! I love my little 5/8's C-Mon wedge but DAMN!!!! I'm off to go find my lower jaw......very nice.