He originally was adamant that he be referred to as"Mr. Reynolds" but he's had a hard life, ground down and just dulled to the point of not caring anymore. It was at this point I rekindled our relationship, and with the help of a third party (Mr. Gssixgun), he is now feeling like his old self again. We plan on meeting regularly most mornings. He now is okay with my calling him, "Freddie."
Hacket Walther Gates Hardware Store razor that I just bought. These are the seller's photos, as I don't have a convenient way to upload my own right now. I got a nice deal on it, and the seller advertised it as having been honed in a Naniwa progression, and seemed to know what he was talking about, but the blade isn't as keen as I would like. I used my balsa strop on it and then gave it 40 laps on my Poor Man's Strop and it gave a decent shave. Not great, but decent. I will probably do some additional honing to get the edge a little better, but I'm happy to have a barber notch blade, as I've been wanting one for some time. And I believe the scale are actually black hard rubber. When I used some Simichrome to polish the whole thing up, the scales gave off a rubber smell just like my old hard rubber fountain pens do. The odd shape of the scales actually makes for a good ergonomic handle when stropping too.
I have one I picked up at an antique store without scales that was pretty minty (Hackett Diamond). Very nice shaver. I really like this blade shape.
Hmm, the picture worked on my email notification, but now it's just a missing picture icon... Anyway, yours looks much nicer than mine, but I definitely agree, the shape is quite nice to work with. I've been getting fairly decent shaves from it this week, but I keep having to finish it off with one pass ATG with my DE on my neck because it just won't finish the job there. Could be my technique, but I can get it done with my John Williams when it's got a good edge on it.
Frasique Delolme Le Thiernois (from same area as Their-Issard razors) I tried a shave on Friday without success, so I found a thread on SRP about honing wedges, as this is a near wedge to wedge. Glen Mercurio/gssixgun added a post that helped me get the edge right. One pass shave that reminded me of traditional Japanese kamisori.
Thanks Mike, I have a real soft spot for western style Japanese straight razors can't get enough of them to be honest, I have one coming in next week from Japan a razor I've been after for quite sometime a NOS Hayashi Diamond 1072 not an easy razor to get hold of cost me an arm and a leg but It's worth it, hopefully I can get a SOTD photo up by next weekend.
That Beau Brummel is in great shape. I've had two and one I had to trash as the celluloid scale rot was dissolving the blade. What's the blade width? I believe mine are 5/8.
You guys are really making me break out the heavy artillery! On the bright side, WHAT A SHAVE! Iwasaki No. 50 Swedish steel Honed on a VERY early mined Nakayama Stropped on a Kanayama 90K RR P160 in a warm Moss Scuttle Lather applied by a Simpson Polo 10 Best And a little (OK, a lot) of Floid (because Delightful scent)
