...Have arrived. As a few of you know, I've had some really interesting and some down right disappointing go-rounds with a number of razor restorers. The guy who ripped me off and stole my razors will not be included in this post.
A while back I had some razors re-finished by onotoman in England. Did a nice job and the pricing was fair but it took some time. So I thought lets' try somebody in N.America. Well, its' been a long strange trip to quote the Grateful Dead. Now I have a place in Calgary, Alberta that does a very good job on my chrome re-plates, so that's good. But for other finishes I've been everywhere man. Did the Razor Emporium, took them over 4 months with a return for shoddy work and I still had to do some of the final polishing myself, never again. Used Reliable Plating and whereas they did a nice job, it still took over 4 months to get 3 razors done. I was beginning to wonder if I'd find the magic combo of very good to excellent craftsmanship plus decent turn around time. So this time I sent 3 razors to Dave at West Coast Razors to see how he could do. I sent the razors on May 7th and got them back today. Knock off 3 weeks for mail there and back and the time still comes in at 2 months. Much better than anyone else but still...2 months? I know Dave has been busy and that's just the way it is.
So the final word is I will go back to Dave for more re-plating, because of his attention to detail and craftsmanship. I'm sure the next ones will be done sooner and Dave did apologize for the wait.
On to the razors... I had an ABC re-plated in Silver, a Slim Adj done in black Ceracoat and a 1934 New #77 2 piece done in Rhodium. I have to say Dave does very, very good work. No complaints from me about the quality of his plating and finishing. Ha also packages the razors up very well.
I really like the ABC sets and now this one looks the way it did almost 100 years ago. The New has been a go to razor for me and looks great in Rhodium. The Slim is a bit different and I know not everyone will like it. However, I think it's new look is very cool and just a bit menacing. The Darth Vader/Dark side of my razors as it were.
Cheers
A while back I had some razors re-finished by onotoman in England. Did a nice job and the pricing was fair but it took some time. So I thought lets' try somebody in N.America. Well, its' been a long strange trip to quote the Grateful Dead. Now I have a place in Calgary, Alberta that does a very good job on my chrome re-plates, so that's good. But for other finishes I've been everywhere man. Did the Razor Emporium, took them over 4 months with a return for shoddy work and I still had to do some of the final polishing myself, never again. Used Reliable Plating and whereas they did a nice job, it still took over 4 months to get 3 razors done. I was beginning to wonder if I'd find the magic combo of very good to excellent craftsmanship plus decent turn around time. So this time I sent 3 razors to Dave at West Coast Razors to see how he could do. I sent the razors on May 7th and got them back today. Knock off 3 weeks for mail there and back and the time still comes in at 2 months. Much better than anyone else but still...2 months? I know Dave has been busy and that's just the way it is.
So the final word is I will go back to Dave for more re-plating, because of his attention to detail and craftsmanship. I'm sure the next ones will be done sooner and Dave did apologize for the wait.
On to the razors... I had an ABC re-plated in Silver, a Slim Adj done in black Ceracoat and a 1934 New #77 2 piece done in Rhodium. I have to say Dave does very, very good work. No complaints from me about the quality of his plating and finishing. Ha also packages the razors up very well.
I really like the ABC sets and now this one looks the way it did almost 100 years ago. The New has been a go to razor for me and looks great in Rhodium. The Slim is a bit different and I know not everyone will like it. However, I think it's new look is very cool and just a bit menacing. The Darth Vader/Dark side of my razors as it were.
Cheers
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