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The hones are all cleaned and lapped, the razor is cleaned and has new scales, and I finally had a chance to try everything out. I wanted this razor to be the first one on these hones as it is...

I just wanted to add pictures of the hone in good sunlight now that I have it cleaned up and lapped. I hope the color shows well in the pictures, I tried to show dry, wet, sides and bottom. I'm...

Yeah it seems there's a lot to be found in New England! New Hampshire has a healthy and competitive antiques environment which I suspect is fueled by tourism (the mountains, lakes, fall colors) and...

OK cleaned up the sides a little, they were really caked with slurry crud. There are some diagonals on the sides and also diagonals present on the rubbing stone
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Here's closer of the blade. Yeah it looks a lot like the tapered ones
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Thanks everyone for the shared enthusiasm! I was thrilled to find this and very pleased to hear your knowledge and cool suggestions. Thanks!:rock: Here are some pictures of the newspaper, I like...

Thanks, yeah it's about 7/8 of an inch thick.

Today I visited a gentleman in the Lakes Region of NH who goes to a lot of auctions and estate sales. I came away with some items he recently found wrapped in a New Hampshire newspaper from 1933. ...