Thread: Workshop done and My lot of razors have finally came in the mail 115 razors

Originally Posted by Phrank

Joseph Elliot Damascus razor - interesting - I have one, only ever seen one other - can you post a pic of it?

My wife is a very organized person and is going to be keeping track of everything... the razors are in the box stacked in 3 rows in order so if I disorganize it by tryin to get one of the razors (well you won't be seeing any more posts from me) she wants to number the razors now so if I ask her to send out number whatever she knows which one

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

My wife is a very organized person and is going to be keeping track of everything... the razors are in the box stacked in 3 rows in order so if I disorganize it by tryin to get one of the razors (well you won't be seeing any more posts from me) she wants to number the razors now so if I ask her to send out number whatever she knows which one

Got it, "don't mess with the system" - here's a pic of my Elliot, "Damascus", the scales had to be replaced, and the sad thing about this blade, is that in it's past, someone honed out the big belly in this blade, would have been a beautiful smiling razor.

Originally Posted by prodigy

Where did you find such a large lot, and if you don't mind how much was it? There are some good blades in there!!

The razors actually fall in my lap, I have been networking around the neighborhood at antiuqe stores getting familiar and I had one of the guys call me telling me they had a guy trying to sell them something I would be interested in... So I connected with him but he lived kinda far so everything was by phone we agreed on $1000 for 115 razors, when the package arrived there was only 105 razors I called him and since I got them for 8.70 cents a piece or something like that he took off the 87 dollars... Nice guy

Originally Posted by Phrank

Got it, "don't mess with the system" - here's a pic of my Elliot, "Damascus", the scales had to be replaced, and the sad thing about this blade, is that in it's past, someone honed out the big belly in this blade, would have been a beautiful smiling razor.

You know what I remember that razor... Because of the cool notch it had on the toe of the blade... I remember it having no issues

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

The razors actually fall in my lap, I have been networking around the neighborhood at antiuqe stores getting familiar and I had one of the guys call me telling me they had a guy trying to sell them something I would be interested in... So I connected with him but he lived kinda far so everything was by phone we agreed on $1000 for 115 razors, when the package arrived there was only 105 razors I called him and since I got them for 8.70 cents a piece or something like that he took off the 87 dollars... Nice guy

that dubl duck lifetime and the W&B for barbers use will cover that cost alone(maybe depending on the the condition of the lifetime.) Excellent score, i would have taken it too!

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I like the katana under the workbench !!
If they were mine, I'd take the razors with rust on them and soak in oil until you get round
to restoring them.
Those Ryobi bench bandsaws have a good reputation down here.
At least one buffer would be a good thing, especially for saving your hands/fingers from cramp.

Originally Posted by Dafonz6987

My wife is a very organized person and is going to be keeping track of everything... the razors are in the box stacked in 3 rows in order so if I disorganize it by tryin to get one of the razors (well you won't be seeing any more posts from me) she wants to number the razors now so if I ask her to send out number whatever she knows which one

you're a lucky man! my wife will look only at razors i expressly show her when i get them in the mail or after a restore... that's about the extent of her interest in the hobby.

You will see in the workshop often, rush a restore and ruin a blade. Take your time and it will show.

A few things I went back and saw missing from your workshop were the hammer and peening surface (anvil, jewelers block, dapping block, etc.), and your lightbox for taking nice pics of your finished work!