Thread: Pyramid Brand? How to confirm on razor?

Originally Posted by Utopian

If the razor is not marked, then the box is meaningless. A Timex watch in a Rolex box is still a Timex.

How are you "preparing it for shave ready?" Is this your first razor? If so, your biggest problem is not the brand of the razor but rather the sharpness of the razor. What hones do you have?

Yup I agree, that's why I posted the razor in question and here are my photos:









As for hones: I baught the Norton Waterstones starter Kit and I made myself a nice leather strop based on the documents in the Wiki. (Thanks guys.)

I will be making a Balsa strop soon and I have some diamond paste on order. The CrOx grit is not easy to find here in Vancouver, BC. But I'll try the diamond paste first and get the CrOx at a later time via the net.

I will be going to Home Depot sometime early next week to get wet sandpaper to lapp my hones.

Cheers,
Majesus

That razor really could be just about anything...

Originally Posted by majesus

...I will be making a Balsa strop soon and I have some diamond paste on order. The CrOx grit is not easy to find here in Vancouver, BC. But I'll try the diamond paste first and get the CrOx at a later time via the net....

I have some CrOx i can give to you, send me your address and I'll post enough to get you going... a little goes a long way.

Cheers,

Yeah, there is no marking on the razor, so like you guys said... It could be anything. I figured I'd make a post to ask, just in case there is something unique about the Pyramid razors that can be used to ID them when they have no stamping. All well, I only paid $10 for it, it's my learning razor anyhow. The next razor I purhase, I will make sure it has the manufacturer stamped on the tang.

At least I got some CrOx from my post. Thanks Wdwrx, I sent you a PM with my contact information.

Cheers,
Majesus

I've sold 4 or 5 Pyramids this year, and they all had bottom jimps, and the original flat black or blonde scales were all pinned without washers. This one is typical



That being said, your razor, whatever it may be, and there's no way to tell, has "the look" of a decent razor. Don't ask to elaborate, I probably couldn't, but, to me it looks right. Certainly a candidate for honing.

As for your relationship with your seller.... that's tough. I don't know what you paid, but it seems like you didn't get what you paid for. To me, it seems worth an e-mail. Pyramids are very nice razors and a known quantity. Yours might be.

I paid ten bucks for it.

I am going to email the seller and simply inquire. I don't care if it is or isn't. I just would just like to know. It would ease my curiosity about the brand of the knife.


The lesson of the day lesson is to be sure there is something marked on tang and not assume it is just because the seller says so.