Thank you all for the kind comments. It was a very exciting find, especially at the dirt mall
Well actually about NOS that you can get without still being factory sealed. A date code I-1 Lady Gillette in its case with cardboard insert and...
A 8/8 Wilhelm Mandt on my favorite Coticule for a fabulous Saturday nite shave [ATTACH]
Touch up on a 8/8 DD Goldedge with a mystery hone. Don’t know what the stone is but I am digging what it did to the Duck [ATTACH]
A mystery hone from the flea market. Measures in at 9 x 2 1/8 x 1. A hard stone that has some characteristics of Novaculite. Doesn’t appear to be...
Puma kitty’s have a special place in the den NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR S.R.A.D. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Most are from flea markets over many years. Some are from estate sales, thrift stores, antique shows, and yard sales
Taking a mystery J-Nat out for a test drive. Using one of my 4 test razors, a Puma #89. Took it from being a tugger to a smooth operator using a...
If you want to take the label literally, YUCK! That is the wording for a common lube of the time. To the best of my knowledge, Pike used the...
These two stone are part of a four stone lot I rescued from the wild. Out if the four, these two are the ones that impressing me the most. I have...
SWMBO is a sneaky wife. She sniped me with one of my flea market sellers to put this in my Xmas stocking. A Wosty I.XL wedge with original marked...
The second is a CL score. A 1880-ish Pike Translucent Arkansas with the old “use sperm oil” label inside [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
A Escher that is one of a pair I recently scored. This came from a retired barber. He has happy it was going to a good home. A nice 7” stone...
Over the years a have been lucky to find a few stones here and there. Most of them, if in a box, usually pop right out. Occasionally, if a...
Thank you @Steve56
SWMBO thought I was nuts. While shopping at a local Goodwill, I purchased a piece of furniture to harvest some of its parts. Not knowing what I am...
They are not my first choice when removing metal but they are fun stones to use. I have around a dozen Hindo’s laying around. Most I did not what...
Thanks Gents, I know the fix is not difficult, just the tears in the eyes to see a #14 in this condition
Without a clear photo of the side, I will give a guess it is a Hindostan Whetstone. 1/2 inch is thin for a Hindo but could be well worn. They ran...
That is some nice steel, very nice steel
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