I had the opportunity to pick up a beautiful Wacker that had a small accident. Seller’s photos: [ATTACH] Looks pretty good, but the drop bent...
Acquired this old and rather large Bengall in December. [ATTACH] Bengall on this side and Made in England on the reverse. I have a few but this...
My first guard was for an Ed Brice, and it worked out pretty well: https://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/kamisori-blade-guard.61824/ With the J3...
Picked up this American made Burrell Top Flight, knowing the scales were toast. I had an idea for a tribute to WWII Army aviators, and the bay...
As the title says, hoping to bring this one back to a working “Beauty.” :) [ATTACH] Simple plan of mirroring the angle of the old toe, and...
I enjoy seeing these old marketing materials, especially how they provide hints or tips. I didn’t see a thread capturing these bits of history,...
Been a while since I made some scales... This shape caught my eye and I don’t think the scales are salvageable. :) [ATTACH] Ran-tan-Ka-rus, made...
Got the itch to put this blade in a pair of shoes this weekend. [ATTACH] An 8/8+ Wade &Butcher For Barber’s Use that could use some horn with a...
I’ve had this idea for a little while... I am slightly enamored :drool: with the R. Saito smiling razors, and over the years I have procured a...
I saw this Weiss & couldn’t pass it up. [ATTACH] John Weiss was an Austrian born in the late 1700’s who came to England and made a name for...
Took me a while but I figured out this old blade was an F. Fenney. Started making razors in 1822, granted the Tally-Ho trademark in 1833. C.T....
Saw this Wade & Butcher with a cracked heel and decided to have some fun modifying it. Sellers pic: [ATTACH] Printed out a picture and sketched...
Pretty fun challenge... a friend asked if I could do a set of scales to match his barber’s chair... this peaked my interest. After explaining...
This lot of scissors and razors hit my radar last week: (seller’s photos) [ATTACH] It was at $0.75 starting price and caught my eye. The ERN...
Maybe a sign of my sickness when I realize I have enough “projects” where I can swap scales and get the right blade into a matching scale. :)...
Wacker Jungmeister Love the razor, hate the scales. It really does need to be in horn, doesn’t it???? [ATTACH] Mike (@M14Shooter) has a great...
Couldn’t pass this one up... a combo of some favorites. :) Herder has a unique and long history, giving us quite a few razors along the way....
Okay, maybe you can’t “remove” hone wear... but you can create the illusion it’s gone. ;) Vulcan Cutlery blade out of Germany. It was part of a...
Pierre Fritisse Veritable “Pour Barbe Dure”: For Tough Beards P. Fritisse was a razor maker from the Thiers region of France in the mid 1920’s...
Can’t say I have seen this terminology for a razor point, or if I did, it didn’t stick. But thought it was interesting. It comes from an...
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