The Straight Razor Acquisition Thread

Discussion in 'Straight Razors' started by DaltonGang, Aug 3, 2017.

  1. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

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  2. Timwcic

    Timwcic Well-Known Member

    Thanks Gents for the nice comments

    I was on the fence being tortoise. I can see the logo thru the scales. The darker areas twisted me. I will break them down and soak in Neetsfoot for a week or so and give a high grit sand.

    The Neetsfoot oil, for lack of a better word, rehydrates the horn and put life back into the
     
  3. Billyfergie

    Billyfergie The Scottish Ninja

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    Waiting on this Beautiful Puma 83 Solingen 5/8th Arriving from France..Obviously Made for the French Market..Never Seen Another Like this One..I Am Delighted..Hanging Out to Get this Beauty Queen on the Hones...:D

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    Billy..:chores016:
     
  4. Briscoe

    Briscoe Well-Known Member



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  5. M14Shooter

    M14Shooter Well-Known Member

    Lovely Puma Billy
    She looks like she just came out of the factory !
     
  6. Billyfergie

    Billyfergie The Scottish Ninja

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  7. M14Shooter

    M14Shooter Well-Known Member

    Have not bought a razor in over a Month .Could not let this one go .Hope I did not bid against fellow member .

    NOS Towa 8074 Straight Razor Extra Hollow Ground, Extra Tungsten Steel H. Diamond
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  8. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    Nice looking Japanese Razor. :happy088:

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  9. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    ;)
    But had to start my beauty rest before it ended. Supposedly it has the original grease on it - nice pickup Mike.
     
  10. Billyfergie

    Billyfergie The Scottish Ninja

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    My Puma Just Arrived from France...Its a Number 83 Model Full Hollow 5/8th Made for the French Market with Fancy Scales...Its Never Been Used as it has the Factory Bevel...Its Gorgeous & Near Mint..I Will Get this Beautiful Lady on the Hones Later...:)

    Delighted..:happy036:

    Billy..:chores016:
     
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  11. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

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  12. seaswood

    seaswood Member

    I recently got this dubl duck satin wedge & had never seen one as worn down as this there is no hollow.
    I do not use tape makes this unusable for my usage.
    Anyone can use this?

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  13. Billyfergie

    Billyfergie The Scottish Ninja

    Yeah..Use Tape to Fill in the Hone Ware on the Spine...Might Need to Use a Couple of Layers of Tape..Or Patches of Tape on the Worst Hone Ware Bits then Use a Layer of Tape on Top...I Hope that Makes Sense..I Have Honed Worse..Using this Method..These SRs with a Lot of Hone Ware are a Bugger...I Get them from Other Folks..I Avoid Em for Myself...:D

    Billy..:chores016:
     
  14. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    Start with three layers, and see how it works. Just mark the edge with a Sharpie, to see how much it helps.
     
  15. Willk

    Willk Active Member

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  16. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    Picture/title/$...Picture/title/$...Picture/title/$...repeat
    As I scroll, I am looking for something to capture my attention with those 3 things in the equation.
    This one originally did not.
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    But for some reason I scrolled back up before closing out the search.
    The tang and tail proportions looked “off” for some reason, so I went into the listing... and I’m glad I did.

    I’m used to sellers putting dimensions like 6.25” or total length 10.5”, so that didn’t seem weird at first. But as I scrolled the pics, that was the length of the CUTTING EDGE?!?!?
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    Turned out to be one of those advertising razors. This example being from the sellers grandfather, who was a barber for 62 years. This was actually on my wish list, but I never really expected one. :)

    Here it is next to a 15/16 German 14 for comparison... wow it looks tiny.
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    So, I most definitely (nope), probably (nope), possibly (nope), not a snowballs chance in hell will take this to my face. But they did say it was restored & sharpened.
    Happy hunting,
    Tom
     
  17. brit

    brit in a box

    cool razor sir..
     
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  18. Billyfergie

    Billyfergie The Scottish Ninja

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  19. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    Very cool. I want to see pics of you actually shaving, with that Machete.
     
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  20. TestDepth

    TestDepth Well-Known Member

    The razor is almost daring me to try. :taunt002:
    But I will say, it is very nicely ground and really does look like their normal sized razor... just on steroids.
     

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