Thread: 3 gifts from my barber of 20 years.............

When I got interested in str8s I asked my barber (not in Knoxville, but a small town north of here) if he had any straight razxors when he bought the barber shop from the previous barber. He said yeah somewhere in the basement. They'd been stored for the 40 years he had been barbering there and is now in his 70's. He never used them, but the previous barber used them well. Said he wasn't sure he wanted to get rid of them and I told him I'd love to buy a couple just to be able to have a piece of history from the town and he said he'd try to find them. well he came across about 12 well used razors in a zip lock bag and when I saw him again, he smiled and said have a look. They were nothing fancy by some peoples standards, but I thought they were all neat. After picking out 3 I thought would be good shavers to get restored and asked how much would he like for these if he would let them go. He said Dave we're buddies, you can have them all. I told him to hold onto the others for now but selected these 3 to get ready to put in my rotation when I can afford to send them off to 1 of our member restorers.

1st one is a round tip Boker. Hard to make it out in the lousy pics but on the blade is "Our Own" and under that "Hollow Ground Razor"




Next is a J A Henkels with Box in great shape except for a tear from some tape someone had on it.

The 3rd one is a W H Morley and Sons with a nude dude on the scales (not sure how I feel about that yet) On the blade reads "Mercur" and under that "Extra Hollow Ground" Appears to have a little bit of a frown on the blade so I don't know how that will work out. We'll see.......







Thanks for looking and for any info anyone has on any of these as far as age or whatever. Thanks, Dave

Nice score! I don't know much about any of them but I imagine the "nude dude" on the scales is the mythical God Mercury, if that makes you feel any better about him!

I love seeing razors with history. I have a few of the "Our Own" Bokers. Just like all Bokers, they are excellent razors. Same thing with the Henckels, and it's in better condition. The Morley is salvageable and still has a lot of life left in it--especially if you don't breadknife it. Regarding the dude, if you're uncomfortable with your sexuality , you can always go the transgender route. A few moments with a Dremel and...

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