Thread: Paul R. Schramm Solingen Germany Razor...

onimaru... you present a really valid point. I really need to see the blade to decide what I want to do. if its really frowning badly, then I'll need to go after it with a 1k stone, and I'll either need cough up the cash for the full size stones (which I realize in time i'll need anyway), or save a penny now and deal with the shorter stones (though I'd really need to hold the blade to truly think if a smaller size stone will get the job done).

hopefully it just can be done with some long work on the 4k, then a hop up to 8k, then newspaper, then laping. its just the price difference between going full size or miniature size is over 100 dollars.

though if you've done it and know for a fact that the stones are too small, then I'll take your word and wont waste my money.

IMO that blade needs to be pitched, it looks as if it is not only warped but has a serious frown from improper honing.

Originally Posted by Rocan

I think im going to go ahead and order myself the .... shorter stones, but I get all the grits I need for 60 dollars... hard to pass up. Any advice is really appreciated!

You would be money ahead w/ lots of time saved with better results if you sent the razor out for honing over using cut down hones. You really get what you pay for with the cut down hones and in the end you will buy the original size hones. Save up and do it right the first time.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

IMO that blade needs to be pitched, it looks as if it is not only warped but has a serious frown from improper honing.

hmmm, you can really tell that much about that blade from just looking at three pics of the blade? how can you tell its warped without seeing an edge view straight on? I mean, I could see the frown possibly from the side view, but even thats hard to tell from pics. I definitely need to get you guys better pics when it comes in so you can give a better opinion.

Joed, yeah, my experience tells me to save and get the better stones... heck, they will last a lifetime. thanks for reminding me not to make that dumb mistake again xP

Originally Posted by Rocan

onimaru... you present a really valid point. I really need to see the blade to decide what I want to do. if its really frowning badly, then I'll need to go after it with a 1k stone, and I'll either need cough up the cash for the full size stones (which I realize in time i'll need anyway), or save a penny now and deal with the shorter stones (though I'd really need to hold the blade to truly think if a smaller size stone will get the job done).

hopefully it just can be done with some long work on the 4k, then a hop up to 8k, then newspaper, then laping. its just the price difference between going full size or miniature size is over 100 dollars.

though if you've done it and know for a fact that the stones are too small, then I'll take your word and wont waste my money.

Like you I started a bit short on cash looking for inexpensive options. I got by but put it this way. I've done it in the past & refuse to do it again
I think a small stone is adequate for finishing purposes eg traditional barber hones might be 4"x2" but for serious repair work you can't beat more real estate on a stone.

Blade in today! better then it looked in the pictures. No time for pics yet, I have to run to class at 5, but I'll say a bit.

Scales are straight and solid, albeit a little dirty. The blade is completely warp free! only a slight frown to it that can be honed out pretty easily I'd say. blade pivots smoothly in the scales, and besides for a little discoloration, is in fine shape. A lot less work necessary then I was prepared to do. I think I'll send the blade out for honing after being cleaned up, as my local new barber (who is an AWESOME guy!) told me hed find out if the place that sharpens their scissors and razors do individual work.

Blade was definitely a mirror polish at some point in its life, so it'll go back to that state. Thats all for now, more later!

Score! Been busy with class lately so no pictures yet unfortunately... But good news!

Found the time to speak to my father to ask him to borrow some of his lower grit hones he uses for some of his knives... He mentioned to me that he has a "box of those very high grit japanese stones" that he got a while ago... I got real excited and questioned him further. My fathers the kind of guy who isn't too cultured on the classic methods of doing something as you'd learn from a professional, but an extremely intelligent man who knows a good thing when he sees them. As he put it, they were very high quality natural stones, some of them being so smooth that they felt like glass. I asked him if they were square, and he said he had ran a straight edge across them when he got them and that some of them were dead straight while the others were close. he hadn't touched them in a while though. so he can't remember their exact condition. Unfortunately he wont be able to get those to me for a little while, but for now I'll have myself a rougher hone to do some quick work on the edge.

He also mentioned that he still had a couple of straights sitting around somewhere, if only he could find them. Time will tell.


My soap and brush came in a few days ago as well. Colonel Ichabod for both, the brush being a 37 dollar badger hair brush that has just the right texture when moist (at least in my opinion... Not the softest brush (I remember my grandfathers being VERY soft), but I like the firmness). As soon as I made my first lather (which is a lot easier then people make it out to be, I had a nice fluffy lather in about 2 minutes on my hand (for now)) and took a shave (still using my production POS for now) I was hooked. Not to mention how little of the soap you need! I got a closer smoother shave then I have in ages.

I'm considering picking up a DE safety razor at some point (probably will if I find a nice old Gilette that I can buff up really nicely on my buffers) for the faster shaves while I'm still inexperienced.

Really excited... I love it when aspects of my life improve!

Originally Posted by Rocan

Score! Been busy with class lately so no pictures yet unfortunately... But good news!

Found the time to speak to my father to ask him to borrow some of his lower grit hones he uses for some of his knives... He mentioned to me that he has a "box of those very high grit japanese stones" that he got a while ago... I got real excited and questioned him further. My fathers the kind of guy who isn't too cultured on the classic methods of doing something as you'd learn from a professional, but an extremely intelligent man who knows a good thing when he sees them. As he put it, they were very high quality natural stones, some of them being so smooth that they felt like glass. I asked him if they were square, and he said he had ran a straight edge across them when he got them and that some of them were dead straight while the others were close. he hadn't touched them in a while though. so he can't remember their exact condition. Unfortunately he wont be able to get those to me for a little while, but for now I'll have myself a rougher hone to do some quick work on the edge.

He also mentioned that he still had a couple of straights sitting around somewhere, if only he could find them. Time will tell.


My soap and brush came in a few days ago as well. Colonel Ichabod for both, the brush being a 37 dollar badger hair brush that has just the right texture when moist (at least in my opinion... Not the softest brush (I remember my grandfathers being VERY soft), but I like the firmness). As soon as I made my first lather (which is a lot easier then people make it out to be, I had a nice fluffy lather in about 2 minutes on my hand (for now)) and took a shave (still using my production POS for now) I was hooked. Not to mention how little of the soap you need! I got a closer smoother shave then I have in ages.

I'm considering picking up a DE safety razor at some point (probably will if I find a nice old Gilette that I can buff up really nicely on my buffers) for the faster shaves while I'm still inexperienced.

Really excited... I love it when aspects of my life improve!

Keep us updates on the Japanese hones and straights your pops has for you, THEN TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR WHOLE COLLECTION! I'm going to put up a thread for college students (like me) to show off their stuff!

Originally Posted by Rocan

Score! Been busy with class lately so no pictures yet unfortunately... But good news!

Found the time to speak to my father to ask him to borrow some of his lower grit hones he uses for some of his knives... He mentioned to me that he has a "box of those very high grit japanese stones" that he got a while ago... I got real excited and questioned him further. My fathers the kind of guy who isn't too cultured on the classic methods of doing something as you'd learn from a professional, but an extremely intelligent man who knows a good thing when he sees them. As he put it, they were very high quality natural stones, some of them being so smooth that they felt like glass. I asked him if they were square, and he said he had ran a straight edge across them when he got them and that some of them were dead straight while the others were close. he hadn't touched them in a while though. so he can't remember their exact condition. Unfortunately he wont be able to get those to me for a little while, but for now I'll have myself a rougher hone to do some quick work on the edge.

He also mentioned that he still had a couple of straights sitting around somewhere, if only he could find them. Time will tell.


My soap and brush came in a few days ago as well. Colonel Ichabod for both, the brush being a 37 dollar badger hair brush that has just the right texture when moist (at least in my opinion... Not the softest brush (I remember my grandfathers being VERY soft), but I like the firmness). As soon as I made my first lather (which is a lot easier then people make it out to be, I had a nice fluffy lather in about 2 minutes on my hand (for now)) and took a shave (still using my production POS for now) I was hooked. Not to mention how little of the soap you need! I got a closer smoother shave then I have in ages.

I'm considering picking up a DE safety razor at some point (probably will if I find a nice old Gilette that I can buff up really nicely on my buffers) for the faster shaves while I'm still inexperienced.

Really excited... I love it when aspects of my life improve!

+3 for your enthusiam and decision to consult SRP members with MANY years experience.
Post your photos, seriously consider the advice given here and get your friends involved in the process :