Thread: Finally got a " Monkey Tail" De Pew Razor

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Cool razor, now that you have the DePews keep an eye peeled on the bay for the similar model by Joseph Rodgers & Sons. I don't know who had it first but they made one that is not exactly the same but also has the long monkey tail. They come up once in a great while.

Always nice to see these Monkey tail razor come up, even Case Bros had their take on a very similiar Monkey tail razor!

Originally Posted by Midoio

Nice. How old is it, do you know?

On the tang is states "patent June 6 1880." I don't know how old this one really is.

Originally Posted by Mike1969

Thank you!! I will let you know how it shaves.

I shaved with it last night and it shaved great! It was a little awkward at first due to the blade being smaller than a "normal" straight razor. After a couple of passes, I got used to the "feel" of it. This is definitely one to keep in my rotation!!

Originally Posted by Wintchase

Hard razor to get a good edge on, but fun to shave with once you do.

I actually had a very different experience with mine. Max did a restore, but I did the honing. I put on some tape (just to protect the restored look) and she took a really smooth shaving edge with no troubles at all.

Nice score! I've always loved this shape, I never seem to be able to find one in decent condition though =[

Originally Posted by Wintchase

Hard razor to get a good edge on, but fun to shave with once you do.

I had to put two layers of tape on the spine in order to get a good edge.

I had to go 1 layer on mine.

The Case razor, is the steel as hard as their other razors? You have my interest...

I also just got my hands on a DePew razor, I previously had only seen in pictures. I was kind of shocked by how small it actually was

Originally Posted by shooter74743

I had to go 1 layer on mine.

The Case razor, is the steel as hard as their other razors? You have my interest...

I have one of those Case Springville, NY smiling razors with a normal monkey tail. Used to have another with the same scales as that pictured above but sold it. Hard steel and a lot of work to hone to shave ready IME.

Originally Posted by Brando

I also just got my hands on a DePew razor, I previously had only seen in pictures. I was kind of shocked by how small it actually was

That is one reason I never bought one. I had an opportunity to get a really nice one but the seller, an SRP member, pointed out to me the length of the blade and I decided against it. For someone with a beard, or a goatee I bet it would be sweet for working around the edges.

Originally Posted by Brando

I also just got my hands on a DePew razor, I previously had only seen in pictures. I was kind of shocked by how small it actually was

Yeah, they are small compared to regular straight razor but, they shave very nice!!