Outstanding work! Cleaned up very nice. That Mike - He sure is a good guy!
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Outstanding work! Cleaned up very nice. That Mike - He sure is a good guy!
Seems all the Mikes around here are that way! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Johntoad57
Just paying it forward. I've been helped, now its my turn. Its funny how things work out, when ya need a hand here.Quote:
Originally Posted by xiaotuzi
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Originally Posted by Johntoad57
Hey Tuzi.!!
If that Adoration shaves like mine, your in for a real treat.
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At least you'll get to enjoy the whole blade.[emoji41]
Nice! Ya, I think I have it dialed in pretty well, it took a great edge so it's on deck for my next shave. But it's that 1/2 inch on the end there that shaves the sweetest, you know. :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by outback
More like the other half of the blade..!Quote:
Originally Posted by xiaotuzi
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Mines no more than a SE razor
Fantastic razors! I like how the tail on the one is longer than the blade on the other!
That ones my Joseph Rodgers, cutlers to their royal Majesty.
A find in the wild to boot.
Hand sanding on this IC Vincent. I'm really excited about this blade because it's so unique and it's in really good shape. I also have a thing for older French wedges. I thought about working it with some 600 greaseless, but the lines are just too crisp on this one. There's a crack in the bone wedge and I'm debating wether to disassemble and repair with outbacks baking soda method(worked great on my guitar nut). I don't do a whole lotta hand sanding these days, but nothing short of perfection will do for this blade. Attachment 247180
A co-worker is going to make me a set of bubinga scales in the style of hartsteel razor scales for this blade. Cant wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chugach68
Honing up the Dorp King.. Took about 10 laps with slurry on the Chosera and she bit right into my nail. Nothing like a 3 minute bevel.
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Well, finally got started moving my razors and such home from my office.
Got to get the razors stored and the cases off the wall....
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Using some raggedy, yet clean and dry 'car wash' towels. Laid out a row in the middle, scotch taped them down...
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Folded half the towel over, same stuff.....
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Folded the other half over, rolled it up, duct tape. G for German! :D
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Gonna take a while. Look at all the dust in there! One reason to take this stuff home, this has to be the dustiest place on the planet!
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Very nice Tom, nice collection of German razors.
Yeah buddy, that's what I call a right and proper rotation.
So how long have you been collecting now.
inquiring minds want to know !!
Wow, super cool Tom. What the heck is the round thing off to the side with the barber stripes? Looks like it has some blades in it too.
Gorgeous Tom...lots of work to be moving things about.
Great collection, and it looks like you could easily open the case and select a razor anytime you wanted a particular one.
That's the one downside to the Harbor Freights razor chest, you can't eyeball your collection....
I would suppose that if Tom would make wind chimes out of razor he 'Might' make a clock out of them :shrug: :thinking:Quote:
Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY
Ha! I bet you're right Roy.Quote:
Originally Posted by cudarunner
Looks like one on the wall, in the third pic. Top right.
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sharptonn that has to be one of the coolest displays I have ever seen! Super jealous right now, thanks for sharing :D
Have you seen his lighted razor table..!?Quote:
Originally Posted by ejmolitor37
Thanks, guys! The displays are English, American, and German, top to bottom.
Going to add another one as I get the ball rolling.
Yeah there is the razor table, the razor clock, and a little 'barber shop' , mug display, etc.
Cleaning it all up and slowly moving it home to an empty room....Red carpet!
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Started the madness about 2002 or so, outback. About a third of those shown are shavers, with a 24 razor rotation at home, they go in and out. Also some sets, pairs, etc. My goal is to cull some repetitious stuff, display most everything, shave with it all.Quote:
Originally Posted by outback
Watch the classifieds, now! ;)
I love the table, are the razors under lighted glass?
Me too..!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
Very cool displays!
Fnishing up this Mash Brothers Pond Works with a nice
etch. You never really can know how oxidized Bakelite is going to react to sanding. I've had some that are very brown clean up in a few minutes on the polisher. Then there are others, like this one, that are showing light oxidation but you've got to sand them for days to see any progress. I know there are different kinds of hard rubber materials, but they're all "Bakelite" to me. Not my favorite task, but well worth doing right. I'll get this one on the stones after the kids go to bed.
Damn,, that's a cool man cave created by and for a very special kind of gentleman..Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
Looking most inviting Tom.
I almost smell the brylcreem from here.
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It has been an evolution, John. The bottom of the table is the lower part of the Theo Kochs table in the foreground. 3 of them and stood about 4 feet. Funky!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
The other two sterilizer cabinets were shortened about 8-12 inches. Rotted at the bottom, so work better as tables. All are laminated from my serious millwork neighbor. All old inside!
The guy literally bent the plywood for the table. Most impressive. I had the glass from another old table.
Anyhoo, it was originally a cell-rot incubator.
Now, the shaving brush smashed in the middle hides a computer fan which blows down in the bottom.
There are 3 'sink strainer' inlets around the outer bottom. They hold a bit of Zeolite topped with a fiber filter.
Made some circulation! I have long-since done away with the rope lights. Installed the LED ones now.
LED in all the cabinets as well.
Once I tossed the culprits, all has been fine in there! :D
The challenge now is to install it all in a small, odd-shaped room. :banghead:
So, John.... Staying put?:shrug:
I have been wondering about a few of our members. We do have a few in that area. Also I think that 1/2 of the Province of Quebec is there for the winter as well. I wonder if all the Canadians just went to their Northern Home. Scary stuff.
Wow sharptonn! That's got all the makings of your own straight razor/barbershop museum. I love it! That's such a cool collection and it shows a lot of class. That table is awesome, the whole room is awesome!
Thanks, Bruv. Seems I must avoid painting myself into a corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by xiaotuzi
Betcha THIS cures RAD! :rolleyes: Should turn up nice. I have a mirror from Saks, a nice tin shelf at Hobbylobby noted.
Just logistics! ;)
Sharpton,,,, are the display razors coated in a lubricant to prevent rust?
Everything gets a slathering with TufGlide as coming in, right before honing. Nothing but wiping off thereafter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
Brylcreem we got! An example of things needing cleaning!Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeB52
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Sharptonn. How are the blades mounted on the clock? Magnets?
Hot-glue gun. I have been known to rescue some components of the clock. Just saying! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BeJay
Peels right off!
The blades in the table/clock are mostly, if not entirely nobueno. Junk.
Will be cool to reinstall and clean/reevaluate it
Might be worse? :)
Looks like that Man Cave is missing a little Pinaud !! :beer2:
I think a vintage bottle with some of the 'good' stuff would be nice. UNLESS IT BLOWS AWAY!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
Stay or go, Hirlau?
I am a 'stay' kind of guy, myself!
