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10-21-2006, 02:44 PM #1Originally Posted by C utz
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Yessss, those are the razors I've been looking for, but I can't seem to find them anywhere. Where did you get them? I saw a similier razor for bid on the 'Bay last night, but the handle was wrapped in rattan or maybe wicker. Those are really nice looking razors. Feather makes something similiar, but if I were to get one like this, I'd like the official deal. Thanks.
-Tye
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10-21-2006, 03:19 PM #2
Tye,
Mine came from a Japanese collector, a friend of the actual "razorsmiths" whos name appears on the blade. There was a website selling them a year or so ago but with the mention that they had stopped for a while because the maker was very far behind on orders. He is an elderly gentleman, a Japanese treasure so to speak who makes the blades by hand. He works at his own pace and eveyone simply lines up and waits.
The single sided aspect of the blade is tough to shave with. It cannot simply be flipped for the opposite side of the face and I have never seen or heard of them coming in "handed" pairs, one for the left, one for the right as has been suggested. They were really designed for someone else to do the shaving on you, not to be used by your own self so the blade setup would not be an issue.
To understand how a one sided bevel works try this experiment. Take a dull butter knife etc... from your kitchen. Put a piece of tape on one side of the blade, hold the fixed handle and pretend to shave one side of your face with the tape side away from your skin. Now try to do the other side of your face, still keeping the tape side away from the skin. The handle must still project from the blade in the same direction so it is either right in front of your nose as with a conventional straight or, when doing the other side of the face, right in front of your ear making a severe backhanded condition.
Not so easy.
Tony
The Heirloom Razor Strop Company / The Well Shaved Gentleman
https://heirloomrazorstrop.com/
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10-21-2006, 07:41 PM #3
Yep, Not easy at all. Like trying to learn to shave with both hands.
I think I either got mine from Tony, or the same guy he got his from. I do not recall....
I DO like mine though.
C utz
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10-21-2006, 09:49 PM #4
Well, damn.
It seems a lot of the stuff I want I'm about a year late in looking for. Oh well, something will turn up sometime. Thanks for the replies gentlemen. I appreciate it.
-Tye
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10-21-2006, 11:30 PM #5
Well awhile back I obtained several of those Tesuke Razors for several people here. If there are people still interested sound off and I'll see if my contact in Japan is still able to obtain them. They are very high quality razors. Difficult to use because of the one sidedness but they will reward you with a great shave. As I recall they cost about $90 or so or in that ballpark amount.
No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero
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10-21-2006, 11:31 PM #6
If you can get some I'll take one. Thanks a lot.
-Tye
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10-22-2006, 01:16 AM #7Originally Posted by thebigspendur
C utz