Captain ARAD, meet Captain Cox: A Haywood 7 day set in ivory.

**JimmyHAD** · 04-12-2013, 02:44 AM

I'm wondering if the maker wasn't SRP member Gary Haywood's great-great grandfather ?

Great set Zak, every time I think you'll never top the last one .......

**Voidmonster** · 04-12-2013, 02:57 AM

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I'm wondering if the maker wasn't SRP member Gary Haywood's great-great grandfather ?

Great set Zak, every time I think you'll never top the last one .......

Joseph had a passel of kids, including several sons. Did Gary's folks come across the sea?

**Hirlau** · 04-12-2013, 03:05 AM

A great set of razors, with a story to tell. Thank you for taking the time to document it for us to enjoy. Keep us posted on the shave results.

**Voidmonster** · 04-12-2013, 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by Hirlau

A great set of razors, with a story to tell. Thank you for taking the time to document it for us to enjoy. Keep us posted on the shave results.

I most definitely will update with how they shave!

My wife wasn't too keen on me putting a balance board in to really fully simulate the maritime experience for some reason...

**JimmyHAD** · 04-12-2013, 03:38 AM

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

Joseph had a passel of kids, including several sons. Did Gary's folks come across the sea?

Gary is a pro barber in Great Britain. I don't recall what part of the isle he is from. Probably a lot of Haywoods in the world. Chances are , no relation, but it would really be something if it turned out that he was.

**Voidmonster** · 04-12-2013, 03:54 AM

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Gary is a pro barber in Great Britain. I don't recall what part of the isle he is from. Probably a lot of Haywoods in the world. Chances are , no relation, but it would really be something if it turned out that he was.

I spent a bunch of quality time with the fancy genealogy site I'm spending a buttload of money on in order to dig up razor stuff and turned it on my family. Since my grandfather was a Shaw who grew up in Kansas City, and there was a Shaw Barber supply in Wichita, I figured it'd be worth seeing if they were related. Nope.

Also not related, the branch of the Sheffield John Shaw (of cutlery fame) who moved to the states. The Shaws related to me have been here for-bloody-ever, including the awesomely named SALMON SHAW (1794-1854). My great-great-great-great-grandfather was named after a fish!

**TonyFranciozi** · 04-12-2013, 04:03 AM

That ivory makes my mouth water . . . I'll have to look for some pre-ban stuff.

**gooser** · 04-12-2013, 04:12 AM

what a wonderful set of razors !! congrats !!!

**Martin103** · 04-12-2013, 01:48 PM

Incredible set of razors!, Captain Cox was probably highly regarded to be gifted such a set! Enjoy!

**Voidmonster** · 04-12-2013, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by Martin103

Incredible set of razors!, Captain Cox was probably highly regarded to be gifted such a set! Enjoy!

I've just gotten one razor cleaned and honed and it sure does look like it's a honey of a set.

My strategy for cleaning is extremely minimal at the moment. I'm scraping off red rust with an old blade, doing very light sanding on the spots with 2k paper and gently polishing everything. The scales are incredibly lovely with just a light polishing!

I'm going to need to be careful though because the spines of the razors are all blued.

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