Thread: A gift worth mentioning, and saving.

Progress on the blade as follows.




As expected, the pitting is quite deep at the pivot and along the toe area of the blade.
Don't think I can clean it up much more without risking losing the name.
It being a perfect triangle wedge, I wonder if honing it flat to the stone through the progressions would be better than the wheel to give it the final squaring up?
I buffed it up to 300 grit to see how it shined up and it looks pretty sweet to my eyes.

Phrank is a very generous fellow, i have a nice razor from him too. Good onya phrank.

Where's my freebie Phrank? I hear you have a huge GB anchor lying around gathering dust

Jokes aside, I'd like to acknowledge Phranks kindness, generosity & selflessness. Apart from the gift to MikeB52, I also saw on an older post that he has been very generous to Ed and perhaps others, and has been very kind to me also. Phrank and I seem to have a somewhat similar taste in razors, and chat from time to time via PM. Phrank is always kind enough to advise me of new razors he notices on eBay, even though I assume he intends to bid on some himself.

I think that people like Phrank (and many other kind members like him) are the reason that so many people keep returning to SRP and feel welcomed, plus get so much enjoyment and satisfaction from this hobby, whether it be shaving, restoring, collecting or even building straights.

Thumbs up Phrank

Originally Posted by AndrewJM

Where's my freebie Phrank? I hear you have a huge GB anchor lying around gathering dust

Jokes aside, I'd like to acknowledge Phranks kindness, generosity & selflessness. Apart from the gift to MikeB52, I also saw on an older post that he has been very generous to Ed and perhaps others, and has been very kind to me also. Phrank and I seem to have a somewhat similar taste in razors, and chat from time to time via PM. Phrank is always kind enough to advise me of new razors he notices on eBay, even though I assume he intends to bid on some himself.

I think that people like Phrank (and many other kind members like him) are the reason that so many people keep returning to SRP and feel welcomed, plus get so much enjoyment and satisfaction from this hobby, whether it be shaving, restoring, collecting or even building straights.

Thumbs up Phrank

Thanks for the kind words Andrew...try to live my life by the Golden Rule and it seems that the majority of the members here do as well, aside from the fact we all get bitchy now and then.

And I agree, the members of SRP have been an incredible community here....it's a wonderful hobby and art, but it makes it so much more fun, as with many things, when you can share it with friends.

And for your viewing pleasure I humbly offer my completed restore of my gifted Greaves:

I ended up leaving some scars, and I'm ok with them as the blade feel is very smooth now.
As well as the actual gift of the Greaves from Phrank(Andrew), I also want to thank Sharptonn(Tom) for sending me the domed washers and inner support pins that allowed me to save the original scale. And imo, they look perfectly suited for this blade.
Will be attempting to hone her up tonight and take her for a test shave.
Cheers gents.

Wow - a beautiful old razor given new life!

That, for me, is what it's all about...something that was forgotten, is now relevant again...hope to see it in the SOTD with a review on your thoughts of the shave.

Excellent work both you and Tom!

Very, very nice Mike. Here's to a wonderful shave!

It turned out really choice, Mike! Kudos!

Very nice work on this early Greaves, Enjoy!

Thanks for the kind words gents.
Just got home, stones a soaking.
Gonna get to the good stuff shortly I hope.

You mention liking the resurrecting or rekindled relevance Phrank, and for me that's a BIG part of the attraction as well. The cool factor of a tool older than my country itself, becoming useful, and in fact treasured once again,,, I just dig being part of that,, lineage maintaining kinda thing.
I have only two razors from the 1800's. this one, and the Bell Irish blade I restored last year. Both, to me, are priceless..and what I consider my "top shelf" razors..
Cheers.