Hi guys,
I just bought a shoe box full of straights a stone and a unicorn strop.
Most are in pretty good condition including a a dovo that has never been used and a bengall that has never been used as it was dropped the day it was bought and chipped the blade.
I bought them off an old man who had some fantastic stories to go along with them. I'm thinking about selling a couple as I dont need all of them and I would like a couple more shave readys.
ok enjoy guys.
This Dovo is pretty much brand new was bought for his son who never shaved with it. Well I took it for a spin last night and it was great!
This is a Taylors, I dont know anything about it but it looks in good condition needs a clean up but its very tidy scales are in perfect condition
This is a Bleckmann Solingen Hollow ground champion looks again in great nick just needs a clean
Nice Long Life Scales are amazingly clean the the blade is still nice and sharp apart from the small chip at the end of the blade
Not sure what this one is so any info would be great
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09-20-2011, 11:47 PM #1
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I have a problem I just bought 11 straights
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09-20-2011, 11:55 PM #2
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Another nice bengall I have never seen one with scales like this before
This is a Ferd esser and co. It has 'magnetic' written on the blade. Im sure it could be fixed up but its a bit sorry for its self at the moment
This is a Mertens & Heider with 'Hamburg ring TRY ME' written on the blade. I really like this one it just looks so old but the blade is amazing I couldn't capture it in the photo but its almost a mirror
Another nice Bengall this one is in amazing condition also
The last photo is actually of the Mertens & Heider I just dont know how to move it up
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09-20-2011, 11:58 PM #3
I used more product..... and it worked!
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Great scores!
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09-21-2011, 12:05 AM #4
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This Bengall I am told is actually brand new as he dropped it before he even got to shave. His wife bought it for him as a present and he was so embarrassed that he went out and bought another one so he didnt have to tell his wife!
The man told me that he bought this in a auction for charity and it was advertised as the 1000th bengall ever made. I think thats just a cool story to have!
I also got this stone its so smooth it feels like glass I dont know anything about them so any info would be great.
Finally this Unicorn strop its so supple and it did a great job on the Dovo.
I do think it need to be treated though
So any info on any of these would be great. If I do decide to sell them I also have no idea what they are worth so I would love to know what people think they are worth.
I spoke to the old man and his wife for over an hour and the stories this guy could tell are amazing. He told me that if him and his 6 brothers got in trouble that his dad would spank them with the strop and if you where unlucky you would catch the metal bit to hang on the door and thats why the leather is so supple because its got broken in on naughty boys bums. Awsome guy, he also gave me some gillette DE razors.
Thanks guys
Alex
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09-21-2011, 01:30 AM #5
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Nice score. The 1000th box that you got goes with the Taylor razor.
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09-21-2011, 01:36 AM #6
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Ahhh duh of course.the man got them muddled. thanks
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fantastic scores mate - how did you find them?
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09-21-2011, 02:38 AM #8
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I met an old man at the pub during a poker game and we got talking and happened to fall onto the topic of shaving! He mentioned that he had heaps and offered for me to come round a take a look
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ha, i usually end up with less than I started in poker games. great work!
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09-21-2011, 03:08 AM #10
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You done good, The old Bengalls are one of my favorites. Enjoy!
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09-21-2011, 03:34 AM #11
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Very nice score.
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09-21-2011, 03:51 AM #12
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Very nice score. The stone looks to be a thuringian type stone.
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09-21-2011, 03:54 AM #13
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09-21-2011, 04:29 AM #14
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Don't really see the problem! :)
(Didn't know it was legal to make strops out of unicorns...)
(I'm a little embarrassed about that last aside).- Andrés
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09-21-2011, 04:32 AM #15
I was used to seeing it change
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Sweet Score!
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09-21-2011, 04:43 AM #16
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Thats the last one made...they couldn't find any unicorns after this one
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09-21-2011, 04:47 AM #17
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Sooo lucky!!! :-)
Great collection - a lot of nice blades in that bunch!!!Nothing is black or white
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09-21-2011, 06:31 AM #19
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Because yesterday I didn't have any. And I don't know anything about half of them
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Maybe that stone is a Charnley Forest? They feel kind of glassy.
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