Thread: Heljestrands out of control

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I know the feeling. I have a couple of 7 day sets that have never touched water or skin. OTOH, I ask myself if I am a curator for a museum or an end user of straight razors ? Generally if I can't shave with a razor, smoke a beautiful tobacco pipe, I'm not interested. As noted above, there are exceptions.

Beautiful piece. Are those scales metal with the cloisonné inlays ? If so, how is the balance ? IME metal scales tend to be a bit heavy.

I share your thoughts Jimmy. I am a user first and foremost. So if I don't have it in me to use a razor because it is too valuable and should be kept "unused" then I would rather sell it.

I had two S. Bang pipes that were just sitting on my pipe rack, one lightly smoked, the other unsmoked. I sold them because I didn't like the idea of burning tobacco in a pipe that costs more than a flight to europe.

I shaved with my fancy heljestrand, and it is a great shaver. Yes the scales are heavier than what I am typically used too but I quite like it, the balance is nice when shaving, stropping maybe not so much, but still very manageable.

The scales seem to have silver and gold work with cloisonné inlays and the presentation in the nice leather box is just marvellous.