I bought this from the Internet for a couple of bucks to tinker with.
After reading a couple of the restoration projects here, I wanted to take a shot at it and try it myself.
So I bought this:
After taking a close look I was wondering about the heel part of this razor.
seems like this one has reached its end of life?
I'm fairly new to straight razors, so I'm not perfectly sure what to look for when I buy something of the Internet.
This "worn out" part wasn't described in the post about what to look for when buying something from the Internet. (Can't find the thread at the moment, sorry.)
On the blade it says: "ESSAYEZ - MOI" in French, meaning "USE ME". Not so sure about that though.
On the tang it says: "Hamon fabricant a Paris"
Other side of the tang has no markings.
The fun thing about this razor is, everything about it is petite.
The scales are really thin, the blade is very thin, actually.. everything is thin and small.
about half the size of a regular straight razor. Total length of the razor is comparable to a regular razor though.
Probably this razor was made for the bearded lady at the carnival back in the days. (Just kidding.)
If this razor is still usable and can be honed, I would probably use it to get around the hard to reach parts on my face or do my hairline with it.
I'll be having fun cleaning it up anyway, if it's not usable for shaving anymore I can always hone it a bit and use it as a letter opener.
Please let me know what you think about honing this petite razor.
Thanks.
After reading a couple of the restoration projects here, I wanted to take a shot at it and try it myself.
So I bought this:
After taking a close look I was wondering about the heel part of this razor.
seems like this one has reached its end of life?
I'm fairly new to straight razors, so I'm not perfectly sure what to look for when I buy something of the Internet.
This "worn out" part wasn't described in the post about what to look for when buying something from the Internet. (Can't find the thread at the moment, sorry.)
On the blade it says: "ESSAYEZ - MOI" in French, meaning "USE ME". Not so sure about that though.
On the tang it says: "Hamon fabricant a Paris"
Other side of the tang has no markings.
The fun thing about this razor is, everything about it is petite.
The scales are really thin, the blade is very thin, actually.. everything is thin and small.
about half the size of a regular straight razor. Total length of the razor is comparable to a regular razor though.
Probably this razor was made for the bearded lady at the carnival back in the days. (Just kidding.)
If this razor is still usable and can be honed, I would probably use it to get around the hard to reach parts on my face or do my hairline with it.
I'll be having fun cleaning it up anyway, if it's not usable for shaving anymore I can always hone it a bit and use it as a letter opener.
Please let me know what you think about honing this petite razor.
Thanks.