Looks like Cologne to me
Looks like Cologne to me
Robeson ShurEdge, Rochester, 16-C-250 (marked on tail)
One of the first wild projects I took on, with little success until yesterday. I was reluctant to remove a bunch of steel from a very hollow 6/8 razor using my 600 or 1200 diamond plates. Now I have a Naniwa Professional 1000 (new Chosera), which gave me the confidence to zip past those chips and turn it into an 11/16! Fit for my face at last.
Robeson also sold hones 'matched' to the various razors that fit the dozen faces they profiled in their booklet. They were proud of their hammered tangs, as well.
That is me, in the wide hat and overalls, profiled down below just before exposing my skin to the weather, while weeding the forest property with a 2 1/2 lb grub hoe. Good thing I got this razor working, almost two years after it joined the queue.
Today:
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Kyoei 13/16 Full Hollow
Grooming Dept Unscented Preshave
Summer Break Bell Ringer Shave Soap
Lucky Tiger Face Tonic
Stirling Island Man Aftershave Splash
Stirling Island Man Aftershave Balm
Stirling Island Man EdT
Stephen’s Woodworking 24mm Silver Tip BrushView attachment 1280406View attachment 1280408View attachment 1280409
Nice is this tangmagane steel?
It is Hitachi Yasuki steel 日立ヤスキ鋼...similar but not the same as Tamahagane steel 玉鋼.
Read here for more info
Hitachi Yasuki (YSS)
I don’t believe it is.Nice is this tangmagane steel?
Please stop reading this post if sentimentality makes you feel uneasy.
This week's razor
2016 wasn’t a good year to me. My wife and my father, the two supportive pillars in my life, both passed away after having been dying slowly and very painfully over several years. In 2017 I was worn and mourning. The joy of my life was, and still is, my then eight year old son. I really had no idea what the future would be like or even if we be able to keep our house. At this point I got a package from the USA. I had no idea what it was in it or who the sender was. When I opened it I found a letter and this NOS Coral razor, a razor that I had been admiring for years.
The razor was a gift from a man named Royce that had become member of B&B about the same time as I. We had become friends over the years. He wrote that he knew that I liked the looks of the razor model and wanted me to have one. I still like the razor, and the kindness this gentleman showed me warms my heart to this day.
Today I am fine. We still live in the same house and I can and will continue to work part time for another year until the cub’s fourteenth birthday, this to spend time with him. He shall never doubt that even if he lost his mother in the most horrific way his old man will always be there for him.
End of story. I wish you all a very good week.
The "rings" on the toe of the blade is the reflection of the ceiling mounted bathroom vent.
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