Arguably the holy grail of straight razor shaving. A baby seal.

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03-14-2009, 10:00 PM
BeBerlin

Arguably the holy grail of straight razor shaving. A baby seal.

Now then. Let us skip the "hands down", "best ever", and "totally awesome" bits, despite their being popular elsewhere.

I got this Gebrüder Lutzenkirchen razor off a well known auction site for the equivalent of 27 cheeseburgers. I gave it a few rounds on my 4 and 8k Nortons, then finished it on my Coticule. It out shaves all my other razors, including a Bergischer Löwe, and a Rasurpur Le Grelot.

The razor is a 5/8ths full hollow grind with a fat ridge, much like the new bottom line Dovos. It sings a lot, but delivers the closest, smoothest shave I have yet experienced. The razor is NOS, and has a very nice satin finish. The scales are translucent red, and only took a few swipes of my top secret, highly toxic, east German polishing compound (the man who gave it to me in an unmarked box cautioned me to use it outside only, wear safety glasses and latex gloves, but it out performes MAAS by leaps and bounds) to polish them to a shine.

Apologies for the eBoy pictures, I shall replace them with ones that do the razor more justice shortly.

Ah, yes. It has a baby seal stamped on the tang, hence the subject. German steel - simply cannot be beat!

http://tohserver.com/%7Erobin/SRP/ga...nkirchen_1.JPG

http://tohserver.com/%7Erobin/SRP/ga...nkirchen_2.JPG
03-14-2009, 10:06 PM
undertakingyou

She's a beauty.
03-14-2009, 10:07 PM
hoglahoo

The new Chronik - congrats! Everyone needs the perfect razor and you are blessed to have one :)

Now I have to find one
03-14-2009, 10:53 PM
Chady

I heard that the first cut they make with them after the initial sharpening is a baby seal. Tis' the reason for the lovely colour of the scales as well.:chop:

Ok maybe not ). But they do look nice.
03-14-2009, 11:11 PM
GeauxLSU

Magnificent!
03-15-2009, 03:25 AM
Whiggamore

I'm going to call that razor the Hakapik.

Stories will be told about the Hakapik. Stories as great as those told of the Chronik. Stories that drive men to great deads and even greater deaths. Stories that shake the very soul of mankind.
03-15-2009, 06:29 AM
onimaru55

Congrats Robin. Always nice to get a gem from fleaBay.
03-15-2009, 06:29 AM
JMS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Whiggamore

I'm going to call that razor the Hakapik.

Stories will be told about the Hakapik. Stories as great as those told of the Chronik. Stories that drive men to great deads and even greater deaths. Stories that shake the very soul of mankind.

Well Robin, you got your story telling cut out for you!:roflmao:roflmao
03-15-2009, 11:40 AM
BeBerlin

Gobbledygook. Unlike the egregious inventor of the atom splitting laser razor, I shall not give mine to anyone else, lest its myth be busted.
03-15-2009, 08:00 PM
SuperJoshD

Very, Very nice. I also wish I could find such a beauty on the 'bay.
03-15-2009, 11:36 PM
Padron

Quote:

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

The new Chronik - congrats! Everyone needs the perfect razor and you are blessed to have one :)

Now I have to find one

Hahaha Lee, that is exactly what I was thinking prior to reading your post.

Sounds like you got a winner, Congrats! It is great when you find that special razor that out shaves your others :cool:
03-16-2009, 10:18 PM
Seraphim

Meh....I got like three or four of those razors. Most of them I keep in a drawer, the other one I use to open boxes with, or pry open stufff around the house......

OK, I'm lying......:nono:

Nice to find an unuasual razor that suits you and your style so well!
03-16-2009, 10:40 PM
mparker762

Nice find. Now I've gotta get one to match my Chronik.
03-17-2009, 01:18 AM
gugi

good stuff robin - but i think you're deceiving yourself. it's the dodo razor that is the holy grail. unfortunately they haven't been able to make them for some time now, for obvious reasons...
the chronic... well despite the legents quite easy to get - just ask about it in say south la and you'll be set for life :)
03-17-2009, 03:42 AM
onimaru55

Quote:

Originally Posted by gugi

the chronic... well despite the legents quite easy to get - just ask about it in say south la and you'll be set for life :)

That'd be tricky to hone :roflmao
03-17-2009, 01:32 PM
loueedacat

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

Gobbledygook. Unlike the egregious inventor of the atom splitting laser razor, I shall not give mine to anyone else, lest its myth be busted.

Ah, the Legend of the Razor of Shannara just never gets old. Funniest freakin' episode in shaving history. :roflmao
03-17-2009, 01:41 PM
mparker762

Not so funny for those of us who ponied up for those three that showed up on ebay. Poor El bought two of the things...
03-17-2009, 09:34 PM
Jimbo

Meh - if it is a good shaver it must have been mis-stamped as German steel.

James.
03-18-2009, 12:50 AM
JMS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Meh - if it is a good shaver it must have been mis-stamped as German steel.

James.

:eek::roflmao:roflmao
03-18-2009, 01:08 AM
elbonator

Quote:

Originally Posted by mparker762

Not so funny for those of us who ponied up for those three that showed up on ebay. Poor El bought two of the things...

Michael, you may recall it was actually three. I still have them though the last whiskers they ever saw were Dr. Moss's. One day' I'll figure out what to do with them.

Regards,
EL
03-18-2009, 02:01 AM
sparq

Nah, as the Angler's club members know, "The Fisher for Quality" beats 'em all! :D