Thread: First straight razor

Greetings SRP,

Just thought I'd post a picture of my first razor that I received recently. The edge passes the arm hair shave test, but I feel it pulls a bit too much for comfort when using on the face. I think I'm going to try and send it out to get honed as there are some minor dings along the length of the bevel. It could probably use with a nice cleaning of the tang and a polish of the spine...

The spine could use a polish, the shank a little dirty.


The edge has minor dings along its' length as can be seen in the bottom left/right on the photo below





Hopefully I can get the honing figured out, probably going to see if I can get an SRP member to help me out.

Cheers,

UvrD

check here in the member services section
Member Services - Straight Razor Place Classifieds

there's a listing of all the overqualified people that you would need to help you with any questions or concerns.

I will be heading over there soon myself...hopefully. I have a couple of blades in need of resto.

Best of luck

Cheetah

WOW! is that a magified pic of the edge? Looks like dinosaur teeth.
For certain, the edge appears to have micropitting in the bevel in the 4th pic. A trip to someone experienced is advisable.
A bit of time on a bevel-setter will tell the tale. Good Luck!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

WOW! is that a magified pic of the edge? Looks like dinosar teeth.
For certain, the edge appears to have micropitting in the bevel in the 4th pic. A trip to someone experienced is advisable.
A bit of time on a bevel-setter will tell the tale. Good Luck!

Yeah what he said but the best part of the blade is the tang. Some dudes hand choking a snakes head. It's like a scene from Conan the Barbarian.

Where can I find one of those?

Originally Posted by cheetahmeatpheonix

Yeah what he said but the best part of the blade is the tang. Some dudes hand choking a snakes head. It's like a scene from Conan the Barbarian.

Where can I find one of those?

You cannot find one, Cheetah. Wullie and I have the rest of them!

Originally Posted by cheetahmeatpheonix

Yeah what he said but the best part of the blade is the tang. Some dudes hand choking a snakes head. It's like a scene from Conan the Barbarian.

Where can I find one of those?

How much money ya got? <evil grin>

Originally Posted by sharptonn

You cannot find one, Cheetah. Wullie and I have the rest of them!

Cat's out of the bag now.....

Very interesting blade, and yes, a job for a pro honer. Good luck with it, and welcome to SRP!

I put it in the mail today to another SRP member for honing, polishing and tightening. I'll post some photos when I get it back! Can't wait

Cool! Do you have a strop yet? When you get it back, use it right away without stropping; the honer will have stropped it for you. That way you'll know how it should feel before you strop it... and a lot of guys mess up the blade a little with their first stropping, so it doesn't shave right.

Best wishes

I agree with roughkype! Soon you'll be looking to get 'just one more' razor so you can have one razor worked on while you shave with another. Or one to test and compare edges against. Or... well I'm sure you'll come up with plenty of reasons to get more razors once you get into it! Congratulations and good luck!