Thread: 3 new ones

S​WMBO was in Ohio last week, and picked these up at an antique store she passed during her travels:

A Simmons and Howe, KEEN KUTTER Blue Steel (5/8)
Sadly, the front scale is broken at the pivot.





A Joseph Allen & Sons NON-XLL Medium Size Hollow Ground (11/16)
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This one has a tiny ding at the toe.





A rather rustic looking Joseph Allen & Sons NON-XLL Medium Size Hollow Ground (5/8)
It has less hone wear than the one above, but I think those may be replacement scales.





She also scored an old, unlabeled horsehide/linen strop.

Wow, nice finds.
What did she find for herself along the way??

They look like they'll clean up nice

So SWMBO encourages your SRAD? Awesome!

Originally Posted by joeuke

Wow, nice finds.
What did she find for herself along the way??

Trust me...she has plenty of her own swag!

Please divorce your wife so I can marry her. Mine always complained there wasn't enough money for her to spend.

Three good finds. I have a Joseph Allen NON-XXL exactly like that, that I found in an antique store. It is one of my better shavers. Scales can be replaces - especially on the 'rustic' one.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Please divorce your wife so I can marry her. Mine always complained there wasn't enough money for her to spend.

Three good finds. I have a Joseph Allen NON-XXL exactly like that, that I found in an antique store. It is one of my better shavers. Scales can be replaces - especially on the 'rustic' one.

The rustic NON-XLL has its own unique appeal...I'd kinda like to keep it pretty much as is; it looks like there's a story there.

I'm thinking that I may have the two NON-XLL blades switched, and a minimal restoration done to preserve the blade in the rustic scales. That way the nicer blade can be fully restored, and I'll still have a cool conversation piece. There's so little difference between the size of the blades that I don't think that the swap would be a problem.

BTW: I'll be keeping the wife!