Yes, after being in a discussion last week about straight razors, I started looking at some of the beautiful works of art found here.
The more I looked, the more I wanted one for myself. I even made the comment that if I were ever to buy one that it would be a really nice one. And not the cheapest starter razor. I have never shaved with a straight razor before so, I really don't know what I'm doing.
I also bought a pretty nice, 3 inch, Latigo leather strop and some green chromium oxide paste to go with it, from Geofatboy over at shave nation. Though I have honed and finished many a knife, I have never finished a straight razor. I thought it might be the same thing, or close to the same thing, but after a little research, I am to find that it's NOT the same as sharpening a knife. And I do not want to ruin the razor as it cost a small fortune. Well. Not really a fortune, but it was not cheap. Most of what I need to know is about honing. I will probably pick this up pretty quickly because I can flat out put an edge on a hunting blade that you can shave with if you had to.
I do not know much about the razor, but have been told that this one if fairly rare. I don't even know if that's true or not.
I do not have any good photos of it yet either.
It's a Theirs-Issard Historic Le Grelot with what appears to be beautiful spine work.
Scales are red boxelder. Whatever it is, I like it. I looked at literally hundreds of straights and kept coming back to this one, until I couldn't take it anymore.
This probably won't be my last straight razor.
Anyway , here it is. I'll have better photos of it when it arrives.
The more I looked, the more I wanted one for myself. I even made the comment that if I were ever to buy one that it would be a really nice one. And not the cheapest starter razor. I have never shaved with a straight razor before so, I really don't know what I'm doing.
I also bought a pretty nice, 3 inch, Latigo leather strop and some green chromium oxide paste to go with it, from Geofatboy over at shave nation. Though I have honed and finished many a knife, I have never finished a straight razor. I thought it might be the same thing, or close to the same thing, but after a little research, I am to find that it's NOT the same as sharpening a knife. And I do not want to ruin the razor as it cost a small fortune. Well. Not really a fortune, but it was not cheap. Most of what I need to know is about honing. I will probably pick this up pretty quickly because I can flat out put an edge on a hunting blade that you can shave with if you had to.
I do not know much about the razor, but have been told that this one if fairly rare. I don't even know if that's true or not.
I do not have any good photos of it yet either.
It's a Theirs-Issard Historic Le Grelot with what appears to be beautiful spine work.
Scales are red boxelder. Whatever it is, I like it. I looked at literally hundreds of straights and kept coming back to this one, until I couldn't take it anymore.
This probably won't be my last straight razor.
Anyway , here it is. I'll have better photos of it when it arrives.
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