Thread: More Razors from my Barber

As I've mentioned in the past, I have a really cool Barber who has been giving me straight razors for free. His other customers keep finding old razors and giving them to him. He actually shaves people with the replaceable blade style straights (I'm not sure which brand), so he doesn't need the real straight razors. He's not really a collector either, so he just ends up with drawers full of old razors. I'm always willing to help him out an take some off his hands.

These are some of the razors he gave me the last time I was in.

7/8 Wade & Butcher "For Barber's Use"




John D'Arcy "Vulcan" razor


Robeson ShurEdge "White King"

Not all of the razors he offers me are in good shape, but he tells me he'll throw them away if I don't want them. So, if they have usable parts I take them anyway. For example, the second one here has some decent scales in what I think are bone. The blade is probably not worth saving, but I'll clean up the scales and re-use them.

"W.J." razor

Currently unreadable brand "Straight Cut" razor

Since Lou has been so good to me, I've been honing some of his better straights for him, and I recently restored a Triton razor for him to use when shaving around customers' ears.

big deal, my barber gives me lollipops

I think you need to get a nice bottle of single malt for your barber!

Originally Posted by stimpy52

big deal, my barber gives me lollipops

Was there really any need for that dude?

Your barber is a generous soul! That Robeson White King positively sings to me! Some day I will find one. You are very fortunate.

Originally Posted by Englishgent

Was there really any need for that dude?

humor. I don't feel like getting deleted tonight. humor
self-deprecating humor besides
look it up

Alright guys. Chalk it up to misunderstanding and move on please.

-Rob

Originally Posted by sicboater

Alright guys. Chalk it up to misunderstanding and move on please.

-Rob

My dear Rob:

Thank you.

Regards,
Obie

Jimmy, I meant the second razor below that paragraph when I typed it. That would be the sixth and last picture overall. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

Lou is in his sixties, so I would guess he has been in business for 40 to 45 years. He seems to have forgotten most of what he knew about honing and stropping, as he asks me about it. (Perhaps he is just being polite.)

When he gives a haircut, Lou just used the razor to shave around your ears and on the back of your neck. As I mentioned, he generally uses a shavette style razor. I think the shorter blade length makes it easier for him to shave in a sort of half circle around the ears. One of the days he used a real straight razor on me, he cut the crap out of his thumb on the heal of the blade. He showed me how he was used to holding his thumb there on a shavette, but it's part of the cutting edge on a real straight. Fortunately, there is a hardware store next door, so I was able to get Lou some superglue to fix up his thumb.

I'll ask Lou about wide blades next time I'm in. I'll bring him an 8/8 and see if he flinches.




PS: Not to beat a dead horse, but since I don't know stimpy52 and have never had a problem with him, I assumed his post was meant to be a joke and took it as such.

Originally Posted by ChrisMeyer

Jimmy, I meant the second razor below that paragraph when I typed it. That would be the sixth and last picture overall. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

Lou is in his sixties, so I would guess he has been in business for 40 to 45 years. He seems to have forgotten most of what he knew about honing and stropping, as he asks me about it. (Perhaps he is just being polite.)

When he gives a haircut, Lou just used the razor to shave around your ears and on the back of your neck. As I mentioned, he generally uses a shavette style razor. I think the shorter blade length makes it easier for him to shave in a sort of half circle around the ears. One of the days he used a real straight razor on me, he cut the crap out of his thumb on the heal of the blade. He showed me how he was used to holding his thumb there on a shavette, but it's part of the cutting edge on a real straight. Fortunately, there is a hardware store next door, so I was able to get Lou some superglue to fix up his thumb.

I'll ask Lou about wide blades next time I'm in. I'll bring him an 8/8 and see if he flinches.




PS: Not to beat a dead horse, but since I don't know stimpy52 and have never had a problem with him, I assumed his post was meant to be a joke and took it as such.

What I was try to say, in my typically immature way, is that the only thing I've ever gotten from my barber is so-so haircuts, bad breath, constant talk about the Yankees, and lollipops...which I have to steal from my grandson. I'd throw my barber off a cliff for one who gave me razors.

There, angst assuaged, feeling better.