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

Originally Posted by buanadha

I'm not planning on getting heavily into honing anytime soon, but do want to be able to maintain what I have and have started experimenting with Pasted Strops and Barbers Hones.

I came across a lot of hones that are supposed to be among the best and ended up getting them - A Lakeside, ItsaPeech, and a Panama

And I still have a batch of soap from the Italian Barber site that is on the way

They look better than I expected in real life. The pictures are from before I cleaned them up wish soap and water. Itsapeech is in almost perfect shape, while the Panama and Lakeside have a nick or two, but have a lot of good surface space and don't show signs of the binding breaking apart either.

Tested the Lakeside last night with a razor that I'd used until it felt pretty dull and got a very smooth and close shave off of the blade, without stropping in between honing and shaving.

Just received a Union Cutlery Co., "Spike" razor in pretty good shape. Nice little modern wedge blade with almost zero hone wear. Just needs some cleaning and a trip to the hones. These little modern wedges are reliable workhorses!

I have been at work for three weeks.

Waiting on my Ball Engineers Watch. I is a engineer, not the smart kind, the kind that runs trains. I ordered the blue face.

I have an SRD long English bridle strop, and some Eton College aftershave, landing before Christmas.

A couple of nights ago, after an exceptionally rough day at work, and an elevated blood-alcohol content, I found myself checking one of my online "honey holes". A razor was going to end while I was at work the next day, and it was still barely more than the opening bid. So I did the online auction version of an "impulse buy", and put in a low-ball bid of a couple bucks more than the current bid.

To be filed under "my bid was lower than the shipping & handling charges from a few states away"...


I was worried about the size, but the hone wear is minimal. I guess it was a modest size from the start.


This is probably the only reason I considered bidding at all...

It comes with the original box, complete with handwritten date of grinding!!! That's as close as you'll ever get to a birthday for any vintage razor, IMO! None of my Genco's will have such an honor .

Originally Posted by Crawler

A couple of nights ago, after an exceptionally rough day at work, and an elevated blood-alcohol content, I found myself checking one of my online "honey holes". A razor was going to end while I was at work the next day, and it was still barely more than the opening bid. So I did the online auction version of an "impulse buy", and put in a low-ball bid of a couple bucks more than the current bid.

To be filed under "my bid was lower than the shipping & handling charges from a few states away"...


I was worried about the size, but the hone wear is minimal. I guess it was a modest size from the start.


This is probably the only reason I considered bidding at all...

It comes with the original box, complete with handwritten date of grinding!!! That's as close as you'll ever get to a birthday for any vintage razor, IMO! None of my Genco's will have such an honor .

I am from St Paul. I will have to look into this further!

Originally Posted by 32t

I am from St Paul. I will have to look into this further!

Just starting but check out this thread.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...ank-razor.html

ooops! forgot the link.

Originally Posted by 32t

Just starting but check out this thread.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...ank-razor.html

ooops! forgot the link.

Good catch, Tim! "turn the Krank! Turn it!"

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Good catch, Tim! "turn the Krank! Turn it!"

Good night Tom.

If I was perfect...................