Thread: Not an easy Ba(r)tman(n)

Hard to believe that is the same blade. Nice work.

Very nicely done!

I've picked up the very same bartmann looking razor last year for only a couple bucks as well, some cell rot and pitting, but not super bad;
I hand sanded mine a bit and it ended up looking like in your third picture, I was happy with that and CBA to clean it up more; kudos to you though!
In all honesty, I immediately threw out my scales and I still have to re-scale that blade, I should get to it!

All the good stuff is in the "old country" and I live in the "new country"......



Great work as always, Peter....people like you keep the "old ways" still alive!

Great save on that blade.

Wow, great work and a beautiful razor! Thanks for sharing.

Btw, besides the good looks, how does it shave?

I have the very same model nr, I have yet to hone it, but I expect it to be a good shaver

Got an absolute phantastic shave today! Sharp and smooth and really a pure pleasure to shave with.
Seems like the polishing took away so much material, that the razor gained a maximum flexibility but without getting unstable in the blade somehow.
So as far as I can say from only the first shave, this razor has the potential to close gap between my two favorite straights for the last months - which were a EPBD Tridur as the sharpest - and a No8Do from the famous Palmera maker Ferd. Herberz as the smoothest blade.

Great setup, great job!