Arrived today! J.M.Smith & MAB..

Came home today to find a very well wrapped up package from my fleabay induced attack of RAD.
Got it open (finally) and inspected its contents.

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/y...AB/razors2.jpg

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/y...AB/razors1.jpg

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/y...smithwidth.jpg

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/y...B/mabwidth.jpg

This Smith is a lot narrower than my other one and am quite pleased at the scales being ivory (or imitation plastic to be PC lol). It has a similar feel and dimensions to my Klas Tornblom.

I was surprised to find how small the MAB was - it's dinky in comparison to a full size razor for e.g. #14 Filly..

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/y...AB/compare.jpg

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/y...AB/mabsize.jpg

Anyhoo, the first thing I did was sort out the chips on the blades, I didn't notice them on the original fleabay add as the pics were on the smallish side and lowish res.

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/y...MAB/jimpss.jpg

So I bradknifed them both on the coarse side of a carborundum stone I use to sharpen my kitchen knives and also reshaped the tip of the Smith as it was chipped also.

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/y...B/rounded1.jpg

Looking a bit better.

Due to the spine-wear and the breadknifing I've decided to tape them up before honing. Once I get the bevel set I'll start on getting them honed up.

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/y...20MAB/bbw2.jpg

Nice bit of slurry going on there, lovely colour on the BBW side of my coti.

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/y...20MAB/bbw1.jpg

Jeez that blade is small! Going to have fun using that one I think lol.

So now all I have to do is spend a bit of time getting them shave ready and enjoying a couple more in my rotation. It's nice to have a razor or two from your home town.