I'm being punished for keeping my RAD under controll!

[honed]

Sad, sad day

My 5/8 Solingen hollow ground is not good to shave with anymore, it needs a touch-up.
And I don't have the gear. Yet.

Long story short;
I'm a long time wet-shaver, who just recently dived into straights, or more carefully tip-toed in should I say. Trying to be an responsible adult, I bought just one (1!!) vintage Tagore Solingen cheaply of an domestic auction website, decided not to buy any more & not buy strops, barber hones & all else a grown man needs to keep hairs out of his face, but instead settled for my mature decision & sent the lone Tagore out to Leon in Portugal, who returned it very sharp & smooth.
And we had such great start, me & Tagore, just on my third shave I experienced a full on tremendous shave!
Straight were the way to go, lovely thru & thru
The stropping was done on newspaper with great results,worked great for over a month, but yesterday it pulled more then what is acceptable & this morning was just
Time for a pasted strop or barbers hone of course.
Which I don't have!!! Because I acted mature.

And now I pay for it, no straight shaving for weeks

There is a light on the horizon, because I have one Heljestrand MK32 sent out to Kenrup for a restore & a Filly strop of course on the way back.
It should be a real treat to have a razor he's worked on!
And I few vintage EA Bergs are in the mail to me & one Eskilstuna Jernbolag bought locally that I will all send out for honing. But, like I said, there will be a period of non-straight shaves.

Well if you're still with me after this rant, sorry to put you thru it, but let this be a lesson for all of you.
It's always better to splurge, if you later on find it's not for you, there is always BST.

 

[Leon]

And I few vintage EA Bergs are in the mail to me & one Eskilstuna Jernbolag bought locally that I will all send out for honing. But, like I said, there will be a period of non-straight shaves.

Hello my friend! Well, one straight razor is not enough!
Now you know why many of us haven dozens of razors, I myself have thinned down my stock to 40.
First we feel that one or two is all we need, but then we start buying backups, and then some more, just in case, and then we have a collection going
You're a lucky man, being in Sweden, you can get so many great Swedish steel razors.
If you ever get tired of a Heljestrand 31 or 32 or a frameback, let me know

 

[honed]

Hello my friend! Well, one straight razor is not enough!
Now you know why many of us haven dozens of razors, I myself have thinned down my stock to 40.
First we feel that one or two is all we need, but then we start buying backups, and then some more, just in case, and then we have a collection going
You're a lucky man, being in Sweden, you can get so many great Swedish steel razors.
If you ever get tired of a Heljestrand 31 or 32 or a frameback, let me know

Hi there!

Yes, I see it all clear now..

I think the only pleasurable thing in your life that you shouldn't have back-ups for is a wife...

I actually picked up a nice MK 32 in a thrift-shop, just a little rust on the tang and some tarnish, blade was excellent, fine ivory scales, on its way to Ken Rup now, so he can work his magic on it

But I think I have some nice ones for you ( to hone that is, if I dare to send them, might not come back if they are to nice )
One ERN Wald with a nice etch on the blade, & one or two NOS E.A Bergs!
They should all be here next week & as soon as I've checked them, I'll pack a bag for 'em & off they go to Portugal!

Finally I've found an interest were I actually can find great stuff locally, never happened to me before...

 

[DE Shaver]

Well, it may be mature to control your spending, however, it always pays to be fully prepared. I hope you learned your lesson.

 

[honed]

Well, it may be mature to control your spending, however, it always pays to be fully prepared. I hope you learned your lesson.

O, yes I did!

Luckily, I found a shave-ready razor in the BST this afternoon at a great price & with a little luck it'll be here in 5 or 6 days