Lets see your Wackers

KZero said:

Congrats on a sweet-looking razor, Noah. Sorry you had to go through all that to get it though.

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noahpictures said:

Thanks. It was my third choice. The first one was a 7/8 Wacker Jungmeister in blond horn scales and decorated spine, price $330. Second choice was the Wacker "Red Head" in blond horn, price $240. Both returned due to pitting and at my own cost. Below are the photos of the pitting. These are supposed to be brand new razors. The "red head" had more pitting on the edge that had been restored/removed. Of course none of the razors were shave ready.

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noahpictures said:

Here is my new Wacker Finest Silver Steel 6/8 Spanish point. Pretty horrible experience buying this from John Crowley of the "shavingshop". Anyway after three weeks and returning two razors with pitting visible to the naked eye I have a Wacker. The bad news is the scales are warped, the good news is that the steel is really nice and takes a very nice edge. Hard steel and a full hollow blade makes a nice combination. I like it but I prefer my vintage Solingen blades.
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Heespharm said:

Jugendstil 7/8


IMG_2017 by Heespharm, on Flickr

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pmaster said:

Superb!! I was very tempted to get one of these, but I can't understand why they drilled the pivot hole so far into the scales...
Apart from looking a bit different, does it bother at all when honing/stropping, or possibly even when holding the straight to shave?

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Heespharm said:

Yes it's bothersome... This is the same scale for all the wackers... My dorko wacker has the same scales but it's longer so it's closer to the end... I'm thinking of modifying them

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pmaster said:

That's too bad I was hoping for the opposite answer! I wonder what they had in mind when they did this. I know I've noticed when I do scales if they are too big near the pivot end, it leaves less room for the fingers to position properly and its harder to get the scales out of the way to shave.

I thought it was only on 1-2 models though. I was looking at "The Barbier's bride" with envy lately...

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Heespharm said:

The bride is a nice one but a bit small. (6/8)

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Heespharm said:

Nope when john Crowley says it's 7/8 it's 7/8 etc

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entropy1049 said:

Wacker Chevalier. What a shaver!

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