Thread: C-mon no 1 stainless

Nice work! Thoses are rare and very good!

Unbelievable.

The antique shops in my country are charging unrealistic prices for rusty honed out razors that are not even worth looking at.

If I found an item like yours in any antique establishment I think I would fall over in shock and to find one at that price I would have a better chance of winning Lotto.

Congratulations, well done.

Originally Posted by planetocean

Unbelievable.

The antique shops in my country are charging unrealistic prices for rusty honed out razors that are not even worth looking at.

If I found an item like yours in any antique establishment I think I would fall over in shock and to find one at that price I would have a better chance of winning Lotto.

Congratulations, well done.

Not so different here, really but once in a blue moon you stumble over a beauty like the one pictured and actually get it for a fair price.

nice catch, congrats.

Very nice !!

It's way too shiny. I'll have my lawyer, Bob Loblaw, sue that antique shop for false advertising. They're trying to sell what is obviously a brand new product as an antique. He's a helluva consumer-rights type, might even do it pro bono if he's not too busy.

He will need the razor for evidence, of course.

Thanks all, I have been thinking that I want to hone it up, it has the smallest bevel of any of my razors, I guess this is normal for new blades?

I will definitely tape it, but I am not sure if I should take it to my C12 lightly just to see if a few strokes will sharpen it up?
or if I should to a full pyramid with the norton 4k/8k

Or a pyramid with the C12 and the 8k?

I just can't imagine it will need much... arrgghh what to do..

if it was anything other than a minty antique I would know what to do...

If you can't gauge the work needed it's always best to start at the least amount of metal removal and give it a go. You can always move down in grits if needed but it's impossible to put the metal back on.

Thank you joed, I really just needed to hear it from some one else. I am very excited to shave with it, and will be taking my time with the honing, heck I might even send it off, which I said I would never do.

Oh man, you really lucked out with that one! Congratulations. Even though I consider myself competent at honing, I would be tempted to send that razor out, to one of a very short list of candidates. It is so easy to hone into the stabilizer or create slightly uneven bevel or spine wear. As Joed commented, it is impossible to put metal back. That razor is absolutely mint, from the photos.