2 Weeks of Amazing luck

As a preface, I spent less than 150$ on ALL of this... Also, I do not have Before pictures. Sorry.

Around 10 Days ago, I found these at an antique mall:

George Wostenholm IXL Razor (13/16+) with a nice ribbon etch
Joseph Elliot Silver Steel (13/16) with a big smile, sway back, and thumbnotch (It looks evil and I LOVE it)
Wade and Butcher Bow (6/8) in great condition with the full etch intact.. Polished up great
George Wostenholm Pipe Razor (6/8) in pristine condition with all the etch intact.

And then, Yesterday, at a flea market I found:

A 5/8 hollow ground Wade and Butcher (No picture)
A 5/8 Near Wedge Wade and Butcher (No picture)
A Slightly ground down For Barber's Use Wade and butcher (No picture)
-All Scaleless-
A generic Geneva Razor (no Picture)
A Le Beuer (7/8) Spanish Point with a tang stamp of a horse holding a scythe... All the back says is "Germany". Shoulderless with a BIG tang.
A Greaves Sheaf Work razor (7/8 to 6/8 smile) took a LOT of greaseless time.

The last two I rescaled to match each other. The Greaves in black TI Replacement Scales, the Le Beuer in white TI Replacement Scales. The Greaves is satin polished, the Le Beuer in mirror, Barber's notch and Spanish point, Smile and straight, small tail and thick tail, etc etc. I found them at the same time, same place, and they're so similar but so different, I had to make the scales fit that... Fraternal Twins, in my mind. /OCD

What a Fantastic haul.

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Here's the first round of pictures (Hopefully the resized correctly)

These are all the blades I got from that first run.

And here are the Greaves and the Le Beuer:

Zombie...

Lightbox Instructional - Straight Razor Place Wiki

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Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

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Pass. I'm fine with my current setup, and things are way to cramped for me to do that... And I'm moving back in to my dorm soon, so even less chance there... Maybe next year.

Very cool Elliot. I dunno about everyone else, but I'm pretty sure I've never seen a Bow with a barber's notch before.

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Originally Posted by holli4pirating

Very cool Elliot. I dunno about everyone else, but I'm pretty sure I've never seen a Bow with a barber's notch before.

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I can't remember any bows that I've seen before well enough to comment, but I love the look of barber's notches, so if I got a rarity, cool, if not I'd prefer this one anyways :D

Cheers,Jeremy

Congratulations on a great haul!

Incredible finds! Congratulations Jeremy!

I can't help but notice how strikingly similar the etchs are on the Pipe and Bow razors... Even the tang stamps, in style not shape, look similar...

Anyone know the dating on them? Which came first, the Pipe or the Bow?

The pipe goes back far before the Bow. I once had a stub tail pipe.

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Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

The pipe goes back far before the Bow. I once had a stub tail pipe.

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Thanks, Jimmy...

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, I guess.

Nice finds, but far to shiny :( Ya ok so I like em natural :p

I'm hoping my Pipe scales survive so I can look for a blade to put them on :)

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Nice finds, but far to shiny :( Ya ok so I like em natural :p

I'm hoping my Pipe scales survive so I can look for a blade to put them on :)

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Yeah, I'm not really a patina guy... I like full restoration. Let the pits remind me of how old it is. Staining is okay (If removing it would do more harm than good) but natural patina and non-active rust just isn't my cup of tea.

Man, I was really getting bummed when you didn't post pics...then the porn came along. Nice, very nice blades with a lot of life still in them. Heck, I didn't really notice much wear on any of them. Great find!!!!!

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Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

Yeah, I'm not really a patina guy... I like full restoration. Let the pits remind me of how old it is. Staining is okay (If removing it would do more harm than good) but natural patina and non-active rust just isn't my cup of tea.

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No problem :) We all have our desires lined up here :) I'm even considered weird in many of my other hobbies as I tend to be out in left field when all the action is in the right :p

When I was shooting DCM, I was shooting Obsolete, My coins are F and EF, my old guns are 40 t0 60 % finish, kitchen knives are japanese KU (blackened)... So ya I need the wear and tear shown proudly :p Leaves more of the pristine stuff for you guys I guess :)

Excellent and lucky finds! With those nice Greaves, Wostenholm and W&B razors, you are going to have some fine shaving experiences. You have a perfectly great lifetime rotation there, were it not for the RAD! Congratulations.

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Yeah, I'm not really a patina guy... I like full restoration. Let the pits remind me of how old it is. Staining is okay (If removing it would do more harm than good) but natural patina and non-active rust just isn't my cup of tea.

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So you're saying you remove the stuff that doesn't hurt the razor and leave the real problems?? :thinking:

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So you're saying you remove the stuff that doesn't hurt the razor and leave the real problems?? :thinking:

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I'm afraid I don't follow you. I remove the stuff that I don't find aesthetically pleasing. I don't leave detrimental elements.

I remove rust, I remove patina, if possible I remove surface staining (Generally I'll ignore this step with hollow grinds), I ALWAYS remove pits (unless they are far enough from the edge that I don't want to sacrifice all the metal it would take.) I don't leave any problems where possible...