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03-25-2012, 07:04 PM #1I shave with a spoon on a stick.
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Some Family Heirlooms
My grandmother found these last week and gave them to me. Two of them belonged to my Great-Great Grandfather and one to my Great-Grandfather.
I apologize for the quality of the photos. I have no idea where my camera is, so I used my cell phone.
Sheffield:
This is the razor that require the most "Restoration". I did not do too much. my main goal was to clear up the makers mark and to make it mirror would have probably ended up in a slightly smaller razor at the end. This is just a quick journey through 400 greasless -> 600 grealess -> emory -> green compound -> white compound -> metal polish
I started honing this, but it is taking some time to set the bevel. I think i am going to tape the spine and hit the dmt to get an initial bevel set and then reset without tape on the King 1k. Do not want to put a ton of honewear on.
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03-25-2012, 07:06 PM #2I shave with a spoon on a stick.
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Boker Red Injun:
I just hit this one with some metal polish. Honed pretty easily using King 1k -> Norton 4k -> Norton 8k -> Strop.
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03-25-2012, 07:08 PM #3I shave with a spoon on a stick.
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Tower Razor:
I am not sure what i'm going to do with this razor. I can probably make it shave, but it is tiny. I am curious what happened to it in its previous life. Razor is way shorter than the scales too.
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03-25-2012, 07:16 PM #4Senior Member
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Having family heirloom straight razors to shave with are the best razors to have. Enjoy your shaves with a part of your family's history.
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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03-25-2012, 07:46 PM #5Senior Member
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Thank you for taking the time to share them.
That Fredericks is a beauty.
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03-25-2012, 08:01 PM #6This is not my actual head.
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Very cool! I would love to have someone find me some old heirloom razors. I don't think it's gonna happen for me.
Congrats!
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03-25-2012, 08:13 PM #7Historically Inquisitive
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Fantastic razors!!
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03-25-2012, 08:30 PM #8< Banned User >
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very lucky!! I was not fotunate enough to get a family heirloom razor
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03-25-2012, 08:44 PM #9Poor Fit
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Wow, very nice. Congrats on some great family treasures.
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03-25-2012, 09:05 PM #10I shave with a spoon on a stick.
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I never thought i would either. She thought they had gotten rid of all them.
So now i have these razors, plus my grandfathers shaving mug(which had a slightly tragic accident) and his everready brush.
Originally Posted by HNSB
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