Thread: What Do You Have In The Mail Right Now?

A NOS Mitsuon coming in from the land of the rising sun in the next week two or three weeks.

My wife bought me a kamisori for my birthday, will be here tomorrow, i can't wait

Originally Posted by Smokerman

My wife bought me a kamisori for my birthday, will be here tomorrow, i can't wait

Don't forget the pictures. We love pictures.


Mike

The Brown one custom by tintin

This just came on sale at Tandy. I have a box in mind.

Ok , I " broke down " . . " gave in " or whatever . But I just place an order with Alastair at Westholme Strops. Shell Cordavon with flax linen as the secondary . He advised of an approx 3 week completion . He is excellent to work with. A true gent !

This is what I got this week.
5 blades that have been cleaned up just a bit. Still some pitting but rust is gone. Picked up all 5 for 21 bucks. Figured if I can make one good one then I've come out ahead. Should be able to get most of them back in order. Wont be nothing really special but I will have a few to get me thru part of the winter now as that stock has dwindled down a lot...Couple are sholderless and one french tip. Things Ive been looking for lately.



Then I won this little shaver from the Manhattan Razor company for 12 bucks. But when it showed up the tip was bent. I complained to the seller as he said it was in good shape. Got a full refund so i figured, if nothing else, I got a nice set of scales for free. Tried to straighten the tip and it snapped. I figured it would but had to try to make it closer to straight. Full hollow so it was very thin. Might make a nice shorty or round point.


Next up is a Boker. I already have one of these but the price was so low I just couldn't pass it up. A bit of hone ware but no real rust. The scales are broken but the wedge will be a good piece to save plus a set of new scales and it will be another good razor project for winter time. The one I have has the name Boker in an arch. This one its straight. The tree looks the same on both so who knows which on is the older one?


Last one is in sad shape. It was given to me by a friend who recently found out I like Straight Razors. He said it was his dad's and he's been dragging it around in a box for 20+ years and has no idea what he was going to do with it. I asked him if he would like to learn to use it. I'd fix it up for him. But he said he had no interest in learning. His electric works just fine for him. Universal Cutlery Co. Blue Point. Its going to need a lot of work to make it usable with reshaping the edge and shoulder. Don't know if I can do anything with the spine ware as its a bunch!


So, nothing special. No choppers, No W&B's, No customs, but I spent less than 30 bucks and came out with 8 razors. I couldn't be happier.

Awaiting a reworked Cattaraugus 226 from Gssixgun. Had broken MOP on tang that Glen replaced with black MOP recon stone, polished & honed. Oh, and my 2 Westholmes (Cordovan shell/natural linen, Roo/hemp) came in. Really spectacular strops. Supple and buttery soft. I like the slight draw of the Roo.

Originally Posted by Gasman

So, nothing special.

I beg to differ, my friend, those are some really fine razors

I'm waiting on a Fermarud Copac. 4/8 coming from Costa Rica. It's been about a week. Maybe another week before I get it.