I decided that I wanted a new straight razor and began shopping around. I was really torn by the idea of buying one from a maker I already possessed or getting something else. After searching on this forum, I contact Steve Colling Log into Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/steveandkelcolling at S.K. Colling Razor (AKA Prosperine Razor Co.). The S.K. probably stands for Steven and Kelly (his wife). He was very responsive to my email and my incessant questions. I appreciated it. I discussed what I wanted and we settled on a price, which was a lot better than the maker I was going to buy from. He told me to pay him when he finished the razor.
He didn't waste any time. He got right on the razor. I ordered a Spanish Point, 6/8, with Paua Shell scales. Paua is a type of abolone that is native to Australia and it is a remarkable blue with deep opalescence in it. The colors shift and change with the angle and the light. In a day or so I got an email with this picture:
It was late and he said he would put it together the next day. After that, I got more pictures once it was completed, among them were these:
I paid him and he immediately shipped the razor to me. The entire time took two and half days from ordering to shipping.
I waited impatiently and finally the razor arrived on my Thanksgiving/Thursday the 24th. I had already shaved so I couldn't shave again and had to wait. I opened the box and I found this:
This razor is so beautiful I didn't want to touch it for fear I might mar it. The fully hollow ground blade from tip to tang is highly mirror polished and the workmanship is flawless. It is a really nicely done hollow grind, too. The scales can't be photographed as the colors and shifting do not come through at all. I can't begin to tell how please I was when I saw it.
Today, I got out my Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap and this razor. I stropped it fifty times on my buffalo leather strop. I was surprised and happy that the razor sang to me as I stropped it! Sing, sing, sing, it went. It was even better than my Singing Hollow razor. I shaved with it and it was shave ready right from Steve Colling. The razor is so well balanced and the shape so well done I have to admit to having a lot of confidence. It was easy to control and maneuver. After I finished shaving, I did two passes, I noted that I had a near BBS shave.
I am quite happy with the product and the service that I got from S.K. Colling Straight Razor Company.
He didn't waste any time. He got right on the razor. I ordered a Spanish Point, 6/8, with Paua Shell scales. Paua is a type of abolone that is native to Australia and it is a remarkable blue with deep opalescence in it. The colors shift and change with the angle and the light. In a day or so I got an email with this picture:

It was late and he said he would put it together the next day. After that, I got more pictures once it was completed, among them were these:



I paid him and he immediately shipped the razor to me. The entire time took two and half days from ordering to shipping.
I waited impatiently and finally the razor arrived on my Thanksgiving/Thursday the 24th. I had already shaved so I couldn't shave again and had to wait. I opened the box and I found this:


This razor is so beautiful I didn't want to touch it for fear I might mar it. The fully hollow ground blade from tip to tang is highly mirror polished and the workmanship is flawless. It is a really nicely done hollow grind, too. The scales can't be photographed as the colors and shifting do not come through at all. I can't begin to tell how please I was when I saw it.
Today, I got out my Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap and this razor. I stropped it fifty times on my buffalo leather strop. I was surprised and happy that the razor sang to me as I stropped it! Sing, sing, sing, it went. It was even better than my Singing Hollow razor. I shaved with it and it was shave ready right from Steve Colling. The razor is so well balanced and the shape so well done I have to admit to having a lot of confidence. It was easy to control and maneuver. After I finished shaving, I did two passes, I noted that I had a near BBS shave.
I am quite happy with the product and the service that I got from S.K. Colling Straight Razor Company.