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I recently came into possession of a H. Boker & Co razor. The blade was made in Germany and has "Unrivalled Hollow Ground" etched on the face of the blade. The scales are black plastic. The woman I acquired it from said it was her dad's (who was a barber back in the day). It has quite a bit of tarnish and some rust. It is in desperate need of a sharpening too. Any thoughts on the quality of H. Boker & Co?
Welcome to SRP!! Bokers are fine razors,,, as far as yours being worth a restore,,,,, pictures would help.
I'm still at work so I'm not exactly able to post pictures. I just came into possession of it today at work so I got a little over excited and posted before I got pictures
Yes, please post some pics and in addition, check out the Boker razor club where you'll probably see a picture of one similar or identical to yours:Quote:
Originally Posted by coachmike
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...otherhood.html
EDIT: There are a ton of posts in that thread and fortunately I found one pretty early on page 6:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/attac...d-img_7550.jpg
Top-left razor.
my boker good as gold is my all time favorite shaver... too bad it got stolen. I would think that I'd try all of my tricks to try to bring any boker back to life. Good luck
I've got several that are great to shave with, two of which I brought back to life. I don't think I have ever heard a valid negative comment about them. If I can bring one back to life, you shouldn't have much a problem either.
I have two of them. I love them both. They are good shavers.
No question about Boker quality.
Take care with those scales if you DIY.
of course it is worth it. gl
Agreed,,,should turn out to be a very nice shaver.Quote:
Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl
the box is for an F.W.E. razor
here you go:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ng-engels.html
cheers
David
I'd do it if it were me... then again, you could send it to say...Max, or Glen if you want to end up with a REALLY nice razor
How much do they charge to restore a razor?
:boohoo:
ask them... just shoot a pm to any one of the fine gents under the members services section of the classifieds.Quote:
Originally Posted by vtjpvt
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Originally Posted by Del1r1um
Has everybody had pretty good experience with them?
Yes!Quote:
Originally Posted by vtjpvt
Most of there work is posted so that you can see exactly what they are capable of.
I've done some looking, but can't come up with much
You can find their work here:
Custom Builts and Restorations - Straight Razor Place Forums
And their services here:
Member Services - Straight Razor Place Classifieds
http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...rTreeLogos.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by vtjpvt
Looks like your tang just has the plain tree so I'd guess at a manufacture date of 1924-1935.