I have kindly receipt a razor from a friend, it was as 'crappy' as you can see below this lines. The razor was in a Wade&Butcher box, and it seems to have been neglected during several years
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...1/P5233239.jpg
It was a french wedge called "Lécollier à Nogent", I don't know the history of the brand, I'll thank the information given by you.
I clean and sand the razor by hand and rescaled in thiers issard black resin sclaes. The razor is very long, more than Solingen's 6/8, in this way I bought a Thiers Issard set for it. I know, I know, they can be made from wood, but I am not as talented as some members of this forum, sorry.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...4-20110609.jpg
By hand it's impossible to clean more the blade before the arrival of the humans to Mars, then the razor keeps some deep pitting, but for me it's not a problem, I like to see that this razor is an aged object.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...3-20110609.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...2-20110609.jpg
In the other hand....Fontenille 134 Radium, especial "pour barbe dure" spanish point, engraved spine, what a beauty. The scales let the edge appears and this risk makes me plain to rescale it.
this was the original:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...tenille_tc.jpg
As the other razor, cleaned, sanded, polished and rescaled in cedarwood. I think taht it's not a bad result for a "real handmade" polish.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...5-20110609.jpg
A shave of the day pic showing the razor
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...P6093561-1.jpg
The edge of this razor is as promised in the goldwash (retired in the sanding because it was damaged), is a razor that works very well with heavy beards, it takes a terrific edge.
