The Straight Razor Acquisition Thread

Where do you guys buy the time machines? Steve, what a cool find, they look like they are just out of the factory.

 

Puma 67

 

I watched that Wosty auction. I am not in a great position to buy right now but I still love finding nice items and watching them.

 

I picked this up last night. Sellers pics seem to be really close to unused. I'm excited to get it in my hands. Price was great as well. Picked it up for 50. These are the sellers pics.

 

Rigarazor 7/8 Bohler steel. Shipments from Latvia have been disrupted like many countries, but Griffith got in 3 and I scooped the 7/8 with pretty streaked horn scales.

 

That's just flat out beautiful.

 

He does good work. It’s very well ground and finished.

 

A very attractive piece! Love it! Congrats!

 

Super sweet! Congrats!

 

This thread is always fun... beautiful steel!

This Griffon XX was a pretty easy cleanup and the tang design sucked me in.

Not sure of the tang material but the design was attractive.
And who doesn’t like a Lion/Eagle combo

Happy hunting.
Tom

 

They are nice razors Karl. I think you will be pleased.

 

The gold etching looks in great shape, nice find.

He shoots, he scores. The Riga razors are very well made and some fantastic steel. Contrats.

That is one very cool covered tang!

 

Very nice. Those covered tangs usually have the logos and writing worn off the tangs.

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Thanks guys. Thought it was a cool addition to the Carbo-Magnetic and the Antelope.

 

Bought this old 6/8 Brookes and Crookes mostly for the ivory scales, which have one crack at the wedge pin on the other side - but I didn’t have much in it for ivory and not much wear. It did have some spots of actual rust, and ‘dirty’ was not the right adjective, ‘filthy’ was more like it. After about an hour of cleaning, polishing, de-rusting, light sanding, fiberglass brushing, and more cleaning, I was satisfied enough to proceed. I don’t like shaving with a dirty razor, old lather between the scales, etc. I have not done a @DaltonGang on it until I see the finished edge and shave with it. It seems to have a little upsweep at the nose which I assumed was wear, but it isn’t, there’s no corresponding wear on the spine at the nose, so it appears to be made that way. This is a good project for a rainy day and a good user-grade Sheffield razor.

 

Gold Dollar "1996"

I've had decent luck with other Gold Dollar Razors in the past, but I have my doubts about this one. It is one of their newer ones, and seemed pretty sharp, from the get go. I stopped it a little, and it was effortlessly passing the HHT, in both directions. Now, I was also curious about how thin the edge was. So, I took my nail, and carefully ran it along the side of the bevel. Normally, this causes no issues, not in this case. I noticed that the areas I tested out, were now bent, slightly. This tells me the steel used in this razor is of very poor quality, and soft. It will not hold an edge for long. So, lesson learned, on this one. $12 dollar lesson learned.

 

Friedr. Baurmann & Sohne
"Comfort 100"
Solingen Germany
5/8+ inch
Full Hollow Ground

Nice looking razor, with little wear. The size falls within the parameters of what I like. I've not heard of this maker before.

 

Geneva Cutlery Co.
Geneva NY USA
11/16th inch
Extra Hollow ground

Love this manufacturer's razors, and love that it has a big natural smile. Almost no wear. I'm thinking that the smiling razors were too tricky to hone, way back then. High hopes for this one.

 

I do like the !

 

From top to bottom:

CV Heljestrand MK 10

A Knyn 12 4/8 (measures 5/8)

Krone Schloss

Pradel (marked l'ardent)

Le grelot Hospital (the blade etching is gone if there were any) tubeset is 30.