My Current Razor

Found this in a desk drawer in my house. It was my grandfather's that he used I don't know how many decades ago. I thought I would try it and got hooked. It is a 5/8 extra hollow ground by American Razor Company in New York. Not sure about their reputation.

I cleaned up the blade a ton once I decided to dedicate myself to using straights. You can still see quite a bit of tarnish and crap on the tang compared to the blade and shank. It's nothing terribly special other than it was my grandfather's. I think the scales are just plastic, and the pivot is a tiny bit loose. But overall it seems to shave pretty well for me.

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Originally Posted by Bthr22

It's nothing terribly special other than it was my grandfather's.

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Dude, even if you acquire ten thousand razors, this will still be your most special one.

Great story, and good luck!

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Originally Posted by CDogg

Dude, even if you acquire ten thousand razors, this will still be your most special one.

Great story, and good luck!

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1000% correct, nothing can take the place of that one !!

Maybe I worded it wrong. It's special to me, just nothing fancy like some that I've seen on here with elaborate scales and stuff. But yeah, I like it. I'm about to retire it because I don't want to take the chance of anything happening to it. Living in a college dorm and all.