Honing in New York City [Archive]

CloseShave

11-28-2007, 07:01 PM

I have the address of a professional in my office who's in mid-town. I have not used the services but was told that he has 20 years of razor honing experience. I will post it tomorrow

papasmurf

11-28-2007, 07:03 PM

If you guys want to meet up in the city I am up for it as I am just over the bridge

Nick

MikeNYC

11-28-2007, 07:52 PM

Saying Hi from Staten Island. Keep me informed whoever is organizing NY meet. It's about time.

Isaac

11-28-2007, 08:05 PM

NY meet would be good.......just a reminder though

This thread is about Honing service in NYC :P

Just to keep it on track..haha

zman1403

11-29-2007, 03:39 AM

I would greatly appreciate the name and address of the local guy. I will be getting a straight on Monday and would like to get it honed locally. Currently I am using a Dovo Shavette. I am VERY HAPPY with the results with the Shavette but am getting a straight from someone who only used it once or twice and gave up.

CloseShave

11-29-2007, 07:06 AM

Here's the information about a honing service in Manhattan:

Westpfal Henry & Co Inc Cutlery
115 W 25th St
New York, NY
(212) 563-5990

BTW, I would be happy to meet for lunch.

Good luck

MikeNYC

11-29-2007, 07:18 AM

This a review of the company in NY Times,

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7D6163DF934A15751C1A9669582 60

CloseShave

11-29-2007, 07:25 AM

Good review, they offer razor sharpening for $20 and a four day turnaround. I spoke to them about 3 weeks ago but have not needed their services.

zman1403

11-29-2007, 03:43 PM

Thanks for the information. I will call them tomorrow. The address on the Times article is wrong. They tore that building down. I will check the W 25 Street address tomorrow.

Thanks again

CloseShave

11-29-2007, 03:46 PM

You're welcome. They gave me the address when we spoke recently.

vinnyt

12-18-2010, 12:11 PM

jendeindustries

12-18-2010, 06:14 PM

The art of shaving is at Columbus Circle in the Warner Bros. Mall. 2nd or 3rd floor. There's another, supposedly bigger AOS downtown somewhere, but I've never been to that one. I don't know if they offer honing services, though.

Disburden

12-19-2010, 12:40 PM

I live in putnam county, which is north of the city by 90 miles or so. If you want, you can mail me the razor and I will hone it for you for free. Just pay postage both ways.

If you're interested, shoot me a pm.

wdwrx

12-19-2010, 07:59 PM

Welcome to Badger and blade.
I'd suggest taking Nick (Disburden) up on that offer. He's a true gent, and sure to do a great job with it.
I have no firsthand experience with AOS, but I've read at least one thread that mentioned that they did a really crappy job honing another member's razor, IIRC. I'd think twice about sending a good blade there for honing.

Wid

12-19-2010, 08:04 PM

NoelyDeezNutz

12-20-2010, 09:54 PM

I'm in southern westchester, and i'm also looking for a place to get my straights honed.

Disburden

12-21-2010, 10:52 AM

I'm in southern westchester, and i'm also looking for a place to get my straights honed.

I don't want to hijack the thread but I will hone yours also, for free, just pay shipping. Shoot me a pm about the razors.

eto

12-21-2010, 11:11 AM

I just moved to NYC and today I was out and about and picked up a straight razor. I was wondering if anyone knew a good place to get the razor honed in the city.

thanks in advance. I'm new here so if this isn't the right place to post this question I apologize.
vt

Welcome to the Big Apple, if you didn't want to mail it out you can try The New York Shaving Company $30. Never tried them but worth checking out there shop.
http://www.nyshavingcompany.com/

I just got mine back from http://holli4pirating.wordpress.com/ and he is close so turn around was good.

bassguy

12-22-2010, 08:44 AM

I live up in Washington Heights and I hone all day long. PM me if you need some help.

Brush_with_Fame

12-22-2010, 08:51 AM

ahhhhh good thread!

I'm in the lower east side, and was going to teach my self to home my razors after the holidays... now I know who to hit up locally for advice! :lol:

"i hone all day long"...??? god, I can;t wait! :lol:

gash

06-09-2011, 09:39 PM

Could somebody please recommend some honemeisters in NYC?

gash

08-06-2011, 11:22 PM

If you need to have a razor honed in NYC, visit Cambridge Chemists, and ask Scott about it. He told me he knew somebody who honed razors.

Disburden

08-07-2011, 05:12 PM

I am an hour north of nyc, if you need a razor honed I will for free if you pay shipping.

Chefbaze

02-23-2012, 10:28 AM

Hi All,

Im new to straight shaving, and just purchased these two razors, mentioned in this thread here..http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/277676-Red-Imp-!?highlight=

The first one, Case 132 Wedge is arriving today, and I'm sure its not shave ready. I would like to possibly get it honed locally here in the NYC area if possible, so that I can avoid mailing back and forth, and get shaving asap..

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Basil

Gamma

02-24-2012, 11:50 AM

There is a shop in Soho - NY Shaving Co. - they have a website where I remember seeing that they offered straight razor honing.
There is a Pasteur's Pharmacy uptown... maybe 50 sumpthin St. - there's a guy working there that knows someone locally that will hone up straights. Apparently, whoever that is, does a good job.
I have not used either place - I do not have first hand knowledge here - I am only reporting what I've read elsewhere.
What I do know first hand - there is a shop in Brooklyn that will do a spectacular job. But it's not an easy place to get to.

This was one of the reasons that I bought hones in the first place.
I didn't want to spend 30 bucks and wait two weeks to get a razor honed.

rickboone1

02-24-2012, 02:46 PM

There's this guy (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/member.php/21279-Bayamontate)

Chefbaze

02-24-2012, 03:53 PM

Gamma

02-24-2012, 06:25 PM

Bianco Bros. 63rd and 10th.

Chefbaze

03-15-2012, 12:14 AM

Hi there.

I'm very new to straight shaving, and im sure ill figure out the honing processes through trial and error, and reading and.getting advice here. Just wondering, if there are any people here.on b&b willing to hone my razors and teach me at the same
time. For a fee of course! Experience with a coticule a big plus, as I just bought a LaVeinette from Ardennes..even if youre not spilling to teach, I'm looking took find a local honemeister, so I don't have too wait two weeks for my.razors..

Thanks,
BP

rossvtaylor

03-15-2012, 04:36 AM

Hey there, BP - I'm not answering because I'm a honemeister (I'm not), but if you want to come to Montreal at the end of the month I can at least get you started in the right direction. A couple of members here have shaved with my edges and were happy. We can learn together, on your old stone (my new one!) and your new one. And I can get you some lapping film time, too. :-)

Here's my travel kit - I've got it with me now and will have it, and I'll bring some others, in Montreal the last weekend of the month. My son's coming up from McGuire AFB as well, so he might be able to give you a ride. I know he's in the City often.

And, of course, if you find a real honemeister drag him/her along and I'll split the stipend with you!

228568

Chefbaze

03-15-2012, 06:58 AM

Wow! That's pretty damn impressive! Is that a gun case? I honestly don't think anybody, and I mean ANYBODY, on B&B travels like that.. I'd love to take you up on it... Lets see what the next week looks like, and if I can get things done, and can take off for a couple of days, I'll be there...

kwigibocity

03-15-2012, 07:30 AM

whomever you get, just be absolutely sure they're board certified by the AHB ;-)

there's a lot of NYers on here, should be a cinch 2 get some help

Chefbaze

03-15-2012, 07:35 AM

whomever you get, just be absolutely sure they're board certified by the AHB ;-)

there's a lot of NYers on here, should be a cinch 2 get some help

Thanks Jarrod! Ill be sure to ask for their certificate...:001_unsur

rossvtaylor

03-15-2012, 07:52 AM

I'm not certified by anyone - certifiable, perhaps, but not certified... :-) But, if it's consolation, I've got a bag of ANSI/ISO calibrated hairs from my redhead son.

The case is an electronics case, actually, and that's scrap foam from packing material at work. I've got your old coticule, a couple other stones, my camera and a microscope. Nothing broken in travel yet! And I carry the lapping film in a separate envelope.

BTW, the case doesn't mean I know anything about honing. :-)

Gamma

03-15-2012, 07:29 PM

I honestly don't think anybody, and I mean ANYBODY, on B&B travels like that..

Well - some of us travel a little bit like that. I keep this as my travel set:

http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/1528/case1v.jpg

Chefbaze

03-15-2012, 08:54 PM

Well - some of us travel a little bit like that. I keep this as my travel set:

http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/1528/case1v.jpg

> foot in mouth <

Zap85

03-15-2012, 10:53 PM

Amazing. :)

craig87c

03-16-2012, 04:18 AM

I'm tagging along on this since I hve a couple of PIFed straights I need to have rehoned.

ouch

03-16-2012, 06:33 AM

If you'd like to meet at the Terrestrial South Pole, I can hook you up.

Chefbaze

03-16-2012, 09:10 AM

If you'd like to meet at the Terrestrial South Pole, I can hook you up.

Would that be Jersey?

rossvtaylor

03-16-2012, 11:21 AM

Would that be Jersey?

I'm staying out of this fray! :-)

Gamma

03-19-2012, 05:44 AM

OP - did you find someone to hone your razors?

hig789

03-19-2012, 06:34 AM

Gamma what kind of case is that? I have been looking at the pelican cases but they seem a bit bulky. Yours looks thinner.

Chefbaze

03-19-2012, 07:51 AM

OP - did you find someone to hone your razors?

Amazingly, I did! And believe it or not, I can walk to him, he's so close..only 5 blocks away! Member, Bayamontate.....I'm meeting him on Wednesday.....

Thanks

Gamma

03-19-2012, 02:36 PM

Gamma what kind of case is that? I have been looking at the pelican cases but they seem a bit bulky. Yours looks thinner.

That case was repurposed - originally, one of my laser designators came packed in it.

Amazingly, I did! And believe it or not, I can walk to him, he's so close..only 5 blocks away! Member, Bayamontate.....I'm meeting him on Wednesday.....

Thanks

Very cool!

Chefbaze

03-23-2012, 09:40 PM

I actually met with Bayamontate last Wednesday. He honed both my blades for me,(a red imp 1/4 hollow, and 133 red imp hollow) , also lent me a Wostenholm, very heavy grind, with a barber notch to try. What a gentleman, and very talented honemeister. I thought I had sharp blades before. This man brought them to a different level altogether..
I won't guess his age, but he's middle aged, and when I asked how long he's been at straight shaving, he said, he had never shaved any other way, from his first shave ever, to date....He's been generous though to even start teaching me, the Ins and outs of honing....

I don't know much yet, but I do know, that my blades now, literally wipe the whiskers of my face, regardless of which grind blade I use. I can't say that was the case before( a whole lot of tugging atg).......

Gamma

03-24-2012, 07:49 AM

Awesome!

craig87c

03-24-2012, 07:51 AM

I really need to get those straights rehoned!

schone

06-17-2012, 08:53 PM

Hello,

Can anyone recommend a hone master in NYC (Manhattan preferably) and also cite their price?

Thanks!

-schone

PS - Dovo 5/8

Luc

06-18-2012, 04:39 AM

I would recommend looking at this page: http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/Honemeister

Gamma

06-18-2012, 04:42 PM

Wow - there are no honemeisters in NYC?

Doc226

06-18-2012, 05:09 PM

Wow - there are no honemeisters in NYC?
Keith, I would put you as a honemeister-I have tried your work, second to none.

rickboone1

06-19-2012, 02:05 PM

Bayamonte lives there. I've used his edges and have no complaints at all. Top notch guy and work. I'm sure he wouldn't mind honing one up for you. :)

Isaac

06-19-2012, 03:43 PM

When I lived in NYC i didn't find anyone that honed. It was a bit disappointing.

smalltank

06-19-2012, 03:45 PM

Holly4pirating is an NYC honemeister...great guy

Krodor

06-19-2012, 04:06 PM

I'd hone it for you, but I'm up here near Poughkeepsie.

Krodor

06-19-2012, 04:07 PM

Betcha the dude at Pasteur's Pharmacy could point you to someone.

ouch

06-19-2012, 05:03 PM

Betcha the dude at Pasteur's Pharmacy could point you to someone.

Whenever I'm there and a guy asks him a question, he points to me and says "Ask him." :w00t:

TonyN

06-19-2012, 07:58 PM

Wow - there are no honemeisters in NYC?

:lol: :lol:

Keith, I would put you as a honemeister-I have tried your work, second to none.

+1 Keith puts a great edge on a blade! :thumbup1:

Whenever I'm there and a guy asks him a question, he points to me and says "Ask him." :w00t:

Do you travel with your hones when you go there? :biggrin1:

Gamma

06-20-2012, 08:24 AM

Keith, I would put you as a honemeister-I have tried your work, second to none.

+1 Keith puts a great edge on a blade!

TY both, Personally, I consider myself more of a student - always learning.

Mustache

07-30-2012, 01:55 PM

Has anyone had a straight razor honed by the New York Shaving Company?

Or can recommend another honing service for someone living in the NYC area?

Thanks

Mustache

08-15-2012, 08:28 AM

Really, now NYC honing recommendations? Is this because most people send their razors out to be honed? Or hone them themselves?

Krodor

08-15-2012, 09:50 AM

I'm up near Poughkeepsie. Not sure you wanna drive the whole way. Otherwise, if you end up sending it, it shouldn't matter where you live. Either way, if you have a razor you need honed, I'll do it if you'd like. Send a pm...

But yeah, many (most?) hone their own after awhile.

Mustache

08-15-2012, 10:22 AM

Thanks Krodor,

Poughkeepsie is actually not too inconvenient for me since I head up to Accord almost every weekend. But sending is sounding like the way to go and I will definitely keep you in mind when the time comes. I'm set for the moment learning with a nice sharp razor from Whipped Dog (No cuts or abrasions on the first shave - thanks Larry!). But I also have a beautiful Red Injun that I plan to switch to once I know what I am doing and I think she will need some honing before active duty.

gash

08-15-2012, 01:28 PM

Scott, at Cambridge Chemists, knows somebody who hones in NYC. At least, he did when I was there a year ago.

ridnovir

08-15-2012, 03:30 PM

Just hone it yourself. :thumbup:

Doc226

08-15-2012, 05:58 PM

With the USPS the US is available. It costs $6 bucks to ship in a flat rate small box. You can't drive across town for less than that with the price of gas today.

ps49556n

08-15-2012, 06:43 PM

I live in NYC and would be more than happy to hone your razors free of charge. Please send me a PM.

The Ambassador

09-04-2012, 07:15 AM

I purchased a "site unseen" deal from Larry over at Whipped Dog a while ago and I'm due for a fresh edge. Besides having to send the blade thru the mail (Fedex actually lost my last blade I sent for repair), I am also concerned that this will be my only option for future purposes.

Here in NYC, I found New Shaving Company. They offer to hone for $30. Larry is offering $15 (plus shipping costs). Can anyone speak to NY Shaving's honing skill? I just hate having my blade away while I work with the DE.

Doc226

09-04-2012, 07:32 AM

That's easy, you need another razor.

Krodor

09-04-2012, 09:31 AM

30 bucks is hwy robbery. I'm near Poughkeepsie, send it to me and I'll take care of you for cost of shipping. That, or maybe someone closer to you might chime in and can take care of you cheaper than 30 bucks. Put it this way: 30 bucks can get you fully set up to hone your own on films.

Krodor

09-04-2012, 09:31 AM

Mods: way to go! Nice thread-merge!

Mustache

02-25-2013, 10:29 AM

I’m happy to be able to rejoin this thread with some practical advice for hone-needy New Yorkers: Bayamontate

I gave him two razors to hone and he did a beautiful job – both look great and shave great. He is active on this forum and very responsive. The turnaround was quick and he is very helpful and professional.

Thanks Bayamontate!

Skarkowtsky

02-25-2013, 08:59 PM

I live in Greenwwich Village. I can't help find someone local, but I just got my SE wedge blades honed by a guy in MO. He did an outstanding job. He hones straights and antique Safety Razor wedges. Not sure of his straight rate, but the wedges are $15 per. But, I sent him 7, so he gave me a nice break. Shipping was $6. He honed and shipped within 24 hours of receiving them. He also submits a written checklist of tasks performed, including photos of the honing progression from start to finish. Super informative, and a master craftsman. A really wonderful guy.

His name is Mike Hinckley, and I think he runs razorandstone.com

PM me for his email address.

Best,
John