Straight Razor Acquisition Thread

Boker the celebrated with custom scales

Today's deliveries ...

Feather blades:


... which fit into this razor very well indeed!


... which, if you catch in just the right light (HDR'd to show the effect) ...


... is a FEATHER Custom Razor

I also got a John Doe 5/8 Frameback:

This beautiful old Wade and Butcher

VERY NICE!

I need to change out the scales. The wedge end is trashed. I am very happy to have one of these and not have it be reground.

A Boker King Cutter - that I will need to clean up and hone:

Got this in the mail today. A gorgeous Original Schulze SR. I've seen a couple online with similar blades but none with these scales. I love it. It's in quite good shape I say. A little bit of tlc and it should really shine.

Wow! That's a pretty razor, congratulations.

That is beautiful. Too pretty for me though; I shave too sloppy to ever hope to keep a razor like that so pretty. lol

I have a couple coming in the mail but it doesn't count until he shows up with them.

Had this in a different thread but will post it here. Pick this up off the bay the other day. Getting it shave ready.

WhiskeyJoe said:

Beautiful razor.

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That is a beautiful razor.

So, this chunky fellow arrived for me today. A nice John Heiffor Sheffield razor that's just got a little bit of hollow to it, it's pretty close to a wedge, but not quite.

Couldn't resist taping the back of it and spending a good deal of time sharpening it up.. One layer of tape on the spine
and it took a little effort, but it's nice and sharp now.

Got a few new Vintage ones over Christmas

Otto Busch "Weltmeister and a Jaques Lecoultre Frameback

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Here is a Custom by Robert Williams that I received for Christmas this year....

Oooh it's pretty.. I'm not a fan of lots of spine work normally - but that's very nice.

phat said:

Oooh it's pretty.. I'm not a fan of lots of spine work normally - but that's very nice.

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Thanks....This is my first Custom, and it shaves like a charm!

A gift from my wife this Christmas...It's a 6/8 Bengell and it shaves so well....

I tried to find this thread before posting this in it's own thread, but I could not find it.

I got this razor recently. Perfect throwback to the era of my birth and early childhood. This will go into my rotation, it has been retired long enough.















Thanks for looking!

I picked this up a few days ago, It is known as C-MON Microtome for preparing histology slides. It is full hollow ground on facing side, and the rear is flat or full wedge.











I do not know how this was intended to be beveled. The back side (flat) does have a small bevel on it. I am thinking about honing it up and shaving with it as is. Perhaps 2 to 3 layers of tape on the back and one on the front. Then see how it works. It almost makes sense to me if it were intended to be a chisel grind with a bevel on the front only.

I would appreciate any information anyone has on these, and if you know of any that are in shaving use.