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Good morning ,
received this set today...
Whereabouts are known as I bought it from the 'great granddaughter ?' who discovered it whilst emptying her former 'chateau' built during the early 1800's
Box is a bit of an old dog -key is missing- Attachment 322602Attachment 322603Attachment 322604Attachment 322605, Monday's ruined , rest is fine.
11/16" in ivory scales
Cleaned up 'Tuesday' with some polish
Pity 'bout the 'Monday' though...
Wonderful find regardless of the ruined Monday razor. Enjoy
Bob
That is probably the sweetest spine work I have ever seen. Outstanding!
I too am enamoured with the spine work. I beautiful set for sure.
What a find! Congratulations.
Even if Monday becomes a shorty, that is a gorgeous set.
Amazing..Very nice
Nice find. And a great maker.
Count me in for the spine work. Shame about Monday but still beautiful.
What the hell, make a round point out of it
That is a really nice 7 day set of razors! Too bad about Monday. Oh well! Are you going to just look at them or are you going to try and shave with them?
Thanks to all , yes , like all of my razors I intend to shave with them...That's what they meant to be. Yesterday I concentrated on the box , as you can see the veneer is loosening on top. I'll fix that today with some wood glue and clamps. Cleaned the brass and gave it a polish. Came out quite nice actually.
Took out my 3M trizact pads and gave Tue,Wed and Thu a quick rub with P1000/P3000/P6000 and P8000 (can't see no diff between 6000 and 8000) I guess if I want them brand spanking new I will have to take over them to Joseph:bow but we'll see how acceptable it will turn out... I was wondering if the value would be affected if I'd made a round point out of it as Paul suggested ? Or just leave as is as I never shave on Mondays ? Cheers , Bart.Attachment 322641Attachment 322642
Bartds - You are my hero! Too many people get a 7 day set just to be fashionable. Razors are meant to be used as intended in my book!
However, I understand the need that a collector has in not using them. "Come look what I have" And when they are asked, "How do they shave?" The collector answers, "I don't know, they haven't ever been used. But they are worth thousands!"
I personally just don't get it! But I'm slow.....
Gorgeous! First time ever I've seen a "twisted" spine on a razor.
Yeah, I agree with John. Not shaving with them is a crying shame. That's like having a car or motorcycle you never drive/ride. What's it good for otherwise?
I'm collecting enough identical Wade and Butcher Specials to make a 7 day set and I plan on putting them into a weekly rotation.
Very neat. That Monday blade will be fine if you round her off. I dig that spine work.
Its like not driving nails with a hammer because its too pretty. Cars, Trucks, Guns, and razors are just tools. Use them like the maker intended.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulFLUS
Had 'Tuesday' cleaned up yesterday (to the best of my ability) , took it to the hones (one layer of tape) and had a shave. Completed some more cleaning today (pivot area). I honed it in a progression of 4 coticules , starting with a heavily speckled one that cuts like hell (slurried), a scratchy La Grosse Jaune (slurried) , a La Veinette and finished on a La Verte (no slurry here) + soap. Finally obtained a HHT3 right off the stone. Did 30 laps on firehose, 50 on linen and 60 on leather . The shave (3 pass) was nice and close with no irritation ,but nothing exceptional compared to my other Sheffields. I'm intended to use 7 different coticules to finish on every individual razor (will next finish 'Wednesday' on a La Dressante au Bleu). Here are some pics I took during the stages. Can do the same for the next six blades if there is any interest.Attachment 322728Attachment 322729Attachment 322730
Beautiful :bow Please keep showing your progress
I always love to see coticule progressions.
I like that a lot!! Twisted spine work is very cool looking..
eh, what else is new...Monday's are always garbage LOL
Seriously though, that's an amazing looking set! Never seen that kind of spine work before, extremely impressive!
