Newbie with some old razors

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11-14-2010, 03:06 PM
rchljoey

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Newbie with some old razors

Hello everyone. I'm a newbie but my little brother got me into straight razors, I guess it goes hand in hand with my liking to old muscle cars:D.
My brother gave me the L.Lowe/"Invincible" as a starter with a strop. My wife got me a Wade & Butcher Sheffield from an antique shop a ways away. Yesterday my family and I went to another antique shop & I picked up a "Silver Beauty"/"American Beauty". The lady said the box was original and it has "English Steel" embossed on it. I know very little about my razors. Lynn said my Invincible is pre-WWII and the Butcher seems to be a more popular, but it needs the most work. I really like all of them but the American Beauty is the coolest and in the best condition. I learned how to shave on the Invincible. It was a very patient and bloody process at first.lol I'm going to get them all restored. Thanks to this forum, I learned what NOT to purchase whenever I'm interested in a razor & I'm grateful for the knowledge in SRP:D
11-14-2010, 05:44 PM
Catrentshaving

Great start to a collection. That W&B is definately worth a restore! Looks huge, even bigger than my 15/16.
11-14-2010, 06:19 PM
rchljoey

thanks Cat! the w&b is DEFINITELY a tank of a razor! it's quite heavy and I've yet to try it out but I'm really looking forward to having them all restored & posting before and after pics!:D
11-15-2010, 01:14 PM
100fuegos

Hi there, nice razors.
American beauty is a beauty.
:rock:
11-16-2010, 12:58 AM
rchljoey

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Originally Posted by 100fuegos

Hi there, nice razors.
American beauty is a beauty.
:rock:

thanks 100! Last night I was working on the american beauty and caught a pretty good cut!lol I don't want to take the patina off, but I did manage to get some Never Dull (Marine Corps' metal clean all!) and shine her up a bit. I took a dremel tool with a soft buffing pad to her with some fine/450/super fine sand paper for a wet sand as well. I'll post some pics of my progress as I go. I did notice that I took some of the gold off the american beauty lettering :cry: but i didn't totally strip the words off the blade. All she'll need now is a good honing and I'm pretty stoked!
11-18-2010, 11:29 AM
nicknbleeding

WOW Your wife did great. That is a beasty W&B. Congrats
11-18-2010, 02:43 PM
CDogg

Whatever your wife got that W&B for, it was an excellent deal! I've had my eye out for one just like it for quite some time, have fun restoring that bad mofo.
11-18-2010, 09:34 PM
rchljoey

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Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

WOW Your wife did great. That is a beasty W&B. Congrats

thanks nick! it truly is a beast! it weighs as much as both the other razors, the design reminds me of an old meat cleaver!lol
11-18-2010, 09:36 PM
rchljoey

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Originally Posted by CDogg

Whatever your wife got that W&B for, it was an excellent deal! I've had my eye out for one just like it for quite some time, have fun restoring that bad mofo.

thanks CDogg! I didn't know if $48.00 was too much but I know a lot of our forum members have 'em so I figured it'd be worth buying. I'm just trying to figure out why they're so popular....