Thank you, no they are not the original scales. The original scales were light, flimsy, cheap looking scales and I just could not stand them. I send the razor to Kevin, @HolyRollah and he did the scales for me and put a great edge on the razor. I hated the old scales so much I considered selling the razor, now I am very pleased with the razor. I was advised against changing the scales as it would hurt the value of the razor but I am much happier with the razor now. My heirs will likely just donate my razors to charity or sell them as a lot on Ebay so I am not worrying about the value.
Smiles everyone, Smiles... R. Saito SK3 Corvette shift knob synthetic Arko Fine L’Orange Noir Welcome to Fantasy Island & Enjoy your shave! Tom
It really does. I am a big fan of the SK3. The SK1 is fun but a little too much smile... this 3 is just right in my book.
+1. It’s a hobby, and a personal enjoyment thing for me, not an investment. If you think of it as an investment, it pretty much proves you aren’t very good at investing. I can show you about 1000 things that are better investments than straight razors. If you put the money that a straight cost in the stock market 150 years ago when it was made, you’d be filthy rich. The razors are worth less than $100 (usually much less).
Some nice old French steel today, a Gelle-Freres (Gelle Brothers) in horn scales. Gelle-Freres is a drugstore in Paris and has been around forever, this razor is probably late 1800s and shaves like a million bucks. Or is that a beeeellion bucks lol? A pretty Simpsons Keyhole 4 lathered up some Floris 89 and LT had the honor of last place as all aftershaves have. Cheers, Steve
Just an all-around excellent shave to clear away several days of stubble. Hot water preparation AOS Lavender PSO Mike’s Natural Soaps Hungarian Lavender Savile Row 3824 Nielsen’s Never Fail 5/8 AOS Lavender After Shave Balm Happy shaving - Karl
Tonight’s shave, 3 pass BBS! This razor always gives a great shave, with no issues. Maher & Grosh “the anchor razor” C O Bigelow shaving cream Badger brush Aqua Velva musk aftershave Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I will let them know, you but a high valuation down so we can save on taxes. I absolutely do not think of razors as an investment other than an investment in my happiness.
Inspired by Tom and Brian I used my Herr Razor homage to the SK1. It looks some getting used to but know I really enjoy shaving with this extreme smile. I have another extreme smiling razor on its way.