A Happy Sheffield Eye Witness

Well, scored myself an Eye Witness, marked down as 'Taylor' and 'Sheffield'. It's not in the greatest condition but the blade itself is very happy (bit of a smile)... eBay will be the death of me really but it's a great place for bargains and even if they're lost causes it's more experience in honing so that when great blades come along they stay great.

Picked this thing up for a touch over £8 (that's around $12-15 USD) and it came with a coffin that looks like it needs to be buried, nevermind holding a razor. I'm still quite happy with it... it'll be an absolute bargain if I get it up to a nice and shiny shave worthy state

Will be searching the forums for the smile fix techniques and some non-mechanical ideas on how to clean this up in a manner that preserves the original engraving on one side of the blade.

I apologise for the absolutely awful pictures however in Newcastle this morning the sun has not deigned us with it's presence and natural light is at a premium. I'm also using a mobile phone and I possess zero photography skill.

Excellent score Elcs ! A slight smile is a good thing.

Great razors!

Get it tuned up and it will shave with the best of them.

You scored a nice straight and as mentioned above you will enjoy it. Old razor gets a new life is one of the best things about this common bond between us.

Great score! I have a few Eye Witnesses. They're good Sheffield razors.