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04-10-2014, 06:56 AM
Thread: Giesen & Forsthoff, #571, 6/8 Real Horn
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When I opened the box containing my order, I took...
When I opened the box containing my order, I took out the really nice 3 inch black latigo strop. Nice strop. Then I opened the G & F 6/8 razor and it was rusted around the pin/tang. I am entitled...
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04-10-2014, 04:44 AM
Thread: Giesen & Forsthoff, #571, 6/8 Real Horn
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Excellent points, well made, gentlemen. My...
Excellent points, well made, gentlemen. My persistence is linked to my inexperience. I also hate buying a razor that won't shave like my others do, so I put in the time and kept at it. So...it...
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04-09-2014, 05:01 AM
Thread: Giesen & Forsthoff, #571, 6/8 Real Horn
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Patience may bare fruit! After pages of...
Patience may bare fruit! After pages of harrassing G & F razors over their much highlighted floors, I can say amazingly that you can get an edge with which you can get a good shave. Take into...
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04-02-2014, 02:48 AM
Thread: Giesen & Forsthoff, #571, 6/8 Real Horn
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Neil, I feel the steel is from a Pakistan...
Neil, I feel the steel is from a Pakistan foundry, stamped Solingen (Loophole). So those of us who see 'Solingen' and expect a certain standard, this is surely fraudulent, because, the #571 6/8 I...
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04-01-2014, 03:40 AM
Thread: Giesen & Forsthoff, #571, 6/8 Real Horn
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Sometimes gents, honing can be a SOOTHING...
Sometimes gents, honing can be a SOOTHING process. So after you have cursed the retailer, the brand and yourself, for being the idiot who bought it, Every few days, when you are bored, try the...
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03-31-2014, 02:46 AM
Thread: Giesen & Forsthoff, #571, 6/8 Real Horn
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Thanks Oz, it didn't cost $100 post mortem as I...
Thanks Oz, it didn't cost $100 post mortem as I also bought from the same retailer a 3 inch double sided black latigo strop, which is a bonus. The razor is/has been useful as a tool for...
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03-30-2014, 06:18 AM
Thread: Giesen & Forsthoff, #571, 6/8 Real Horn
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No guys, no mistake, the Giesen & Forstoff str8t...
No guys, no mistake, the Giesen & Forstoff str8t is very ordinary. The 'New' razor arrived rusty at the pin & Tang. totally dull, and still dull 2 sessions later. No muckin about this razor isn't...
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03-28-2014, 01:45 AM
Thread: Giesen & Forsthoff, #571, 6/8 Real Horn
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I have just received the #571 G & F brand new for...
I have just received the #571 G & F brand new for as you put it for under a 'c' note. 1st up small areas of rust near the pin & tang. Not a huge amount,, but any rust is clearly no good. 2nd,...
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