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hahaha, far from it! im "unlettered and ordinary." just speaking from the heart is all. "professor silverloaf"........... naaaah, just doesn't sound right! :p

I think there are many gentlemen and others here that know that honesty is dealt hand in hand with tact and respect for others opinions. I don't see it as having taken a backseat, but the opposite...

thank you Phrank, I don't speak latin but if I did this is how I feel about people and razors:
boni pastoris est tondere pecus non deglubere
its easy to mame them, easy to love them, hard to care...

mighty nice!
well, il say this, the person who had my smith in their collection really took care of their straights. all original as in original spot free grind with crocus finish, not a reground...

haha, no worries jimmy, I didn't feel defensive writing it, I just tend to spout my opinion as if im standing before a judge! heres one of my exceptions. all original, theres some light pitting on...

ive been calling myself silverloaf for so ong, I forget my name too, no worries! its morgan. the manly version, not the girly one!:p

honesty is always good! glad to hear all sides. personally i feel its a disservice to a blade to leave it in a state where moisture and microbes can make inroads. its a historical fact that cutlers...

give me about five minutes and it will!:dropjaw:
ps- jk

see now, I could really picture myself having a nice "sharptonn-esque" 7 day set of this torrey grind in mop! but alas, aint gonna happen cap'n

thanks, the blade is 6/8, very comfy in the hand. I honed it up before taking the pics and theres one tiny spec still on the bevel. it wont affect the shave whatsoever, its up high enough on the...

and a midway shot, all disassembled, blade and scales got a workover, wedge got a light polishing to clean it up. put back together with new brass.

some b4 pics as well. the spot on the back was deceptively deeply pitted after I removed the rust. at first I was not going to remove it but It just staring me down and eventually I couldn't take it...

J R Torrey, had some deep pitting in spots but I took out 99% of what I saw as problems, leaving what wasnt:D