Today on my day off, my wifey & I spent a lovely Fall day in the quaint downtown of Pleasanton, CA. A number of nice coffee shops and a one fairly...
I look forward to receiving this one in the mail. The ebay seller didn't have much to say about it other than the obvious descriptors, "Vintage...
I recently finished a restore on a nice little straight razor from Friedr. Baurmann & Söhne, Solingen (1880 to circa 1925). the 'Comfort'...
[IMG] [ATTACH] Time to cut back on the caffeine! :scared011:
I picked up this W&B via ebay. It was simply listed as 'old sheffield razor'—which is probably why there was minor interest in the bidding.I'm...
So in all my free time the past few weeks, I've managed to do some restoration work on a number of straight razors, cabinets, razor storage, etc....
I enjoy reading threads (on various shave forums) stating the proper honing techniques to be used if one wants to enter Keen Edge Nirvana. I have...
Now that I've just gotten a green light from my orthopedic surgeon to resume my 'regular' activities on a gradual basis, I began sorting though my...
In all my free time—seems like I've had plenty of this over the past several weeks, post-surgery—I've kept myself busy doing small projects. One...
I picked up one of these several weeks form ebay (from China): 'Currency Detecting With LED Microscope 60X' and it arrived in the mail a couple...
My master bathroom (or 'den' as we like to refer to it here :D) has always been a challenge for me in keeping most of my shave gear in order...
Now that I'm in 'rehab' mode with my recent surgery, I've had downtime which has allowed me to take inventory on my straight razors. Some are...
Today, my new bevel-setter arrived from Japan via the UK (best price!). A Naniwa chosera 1k—a synthetic 1000 grit stone that has garnered a rep as...
….since I had my first straight razor shave in September of last year (Sept 20, 2013), I estimate that I have had slightly over 200 straight razor...
I picked up an old Larkin razor that was in halfway decent shape (scales were cracked, loose pins, rust on the blade & tang, but at least the edge...
At a neighborhood garage sale this weekend, I came across this stone in a pile of old tools and junk. I asked the sellers about it and they had no...
From a current ebay auction: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Up for a bid is a nice...
Here's a recent restoratio I did on a F.A. Koch 'Faultless'—which when I got my hands on it initially was certainly far from 'flawless.' But I...
Saw this… [IMG] ... and thought, "Whoa!—I better do something special for Number 5000! Maybe a helpful informative shaving-related post, with...
Here's a razor I've had for a while and finally got around to finishing it off. I picked up the blade off ebay, no scales, and overall it wasn't...
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