Thread: Bengall in Black Bean

Words just don't do it justice mate.

What Oz hasn't said, is that he told me there was a good chance it wouldn't come good, depending on that pitting you see in one of the pics. He asked me if I was a gambling man...Which I most definately am not. The razor was a blade only, generous gift from another Gentleman on this forum. Since it had cost me nothing and the original plan was to just make up some scales for it, and I would do my own honing. Oz said he would just take a look at the edge, to tell me what I'd be in for in that regard. With the news that it looked doubtful, I told him I'd pay him for his time, he could keep the scale timber, just send the blade back. I would slap on a cheap plastic set of scales, bread-knife it and put it in the display cabinet just for looking at.
Oz suggested he just have a go and work on setting the Bevel, if it looked like it wasn't going to work he'd stop no harm, no foul. So I said alright.
The next I heard was the scales were made and he was going to be giving it a test shave.
Of course I said I thought he was just going to just set a bevel...Maybe...Then send it back for me to finish one way or the other.
He said it was a case of successfully finishing the bevel, then being overcome with curiosity, and just having to have a look at the next grit stage...and the next...and the next thing he knew it was finished.
We have now sorted out a deal, an exchange of skills. I'm still getting the better deal, but I insisted that I do something in return.

My first dealings with Oz have been the absolute pinnicle of customer service and satisfaction. A Gentleman to whom the phrase, 'has gone above and beyond his duty', does no justice.

I am humbled by the effort that Oz has gone to, just on speculation. I hope to be able to send some...More financially rewarding, jobs his way in the future. Afterall, man cannot live on basic strop repairs alone.

Oz, You are a true Gentleman in every sense. My most heartfelt thanks to you.


Mick