So I start out the day picking up a razor I acquired a while back. My mentor was nice enough to make some walnut scales for it and put it on a hone. Just in time to send my Aust to Lynn for my free honing. You guys from the forum are some really great folks for us newbies...
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So, since its still fairly early in the morning I decided to travel northeast and check out some antique places. Somewhere between there and getting back home I lost control....
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I had mentioned to Tim in the past that I was curious about trying a wedge and low and behold I see this. I checked it out and from reading here on the forum I had a couple of concerns and paced around for a while. I tried to call Tim and his cell went to voicemail, need to get his home #.
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I think to myself that for $39 dollars firm someone could probably get me a shave ready wedge a little bigger than 5/8 and it sticks up so far out of the scales which may not be original and I don't know what I am looking at, and, and....
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and the edge has a spot of rust, But I have never seen one like this with the coffin box in the wild and I just cannot resist even though my bank account is screaming NO. At this point AD kicks in.....
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I find a Old Spice mug extremely cheap maybe because the soap is still in it with brush hairs and I only have an old coffee cup with my Williams at home. Apparently at this point one mug is not enough and I get these as well.
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My wife drags me out of the last place at that point and now I am at home having a few "Drams" of my "medication"...
So instead of shaving with my back up razor tonight it must wait until morning for safety reasons. Now I have all these choices for my morning shave and more stuff to get hooked up.
I welcome opinions on the razor damage and brush handle, I thought of going with a thater brush when I gathered some cash but wonder if this wood one would take a good knot for cheaper since I cut into the brush fund today?