Alas, somehow I let slip that the wedge on certain straights is made of lead. Personally, I do not feel this is a big concern given that you don't absorb it through your skin and one doesn't tend to touch that part anyway. However, she has been patient with my accumulating quite a few and I'm happy enough to shave with the unleaded ones. Often enough, the original scales on these Sheffields did not hold up. However, these two examples have scales a bit too nice for me to replace, and, while I was looking forward to them, I think it's best they find a new home before I change my mind.
5/8 Wostenholm IXL, $45. I really like the curves on the spine and tang of this one.
6/8 Wostenholm EBRO, $60. Has a nice heft.
Both of those are as acquired and unhoned, I'm afraid I'd get too attached if I hone them. This next one, a 5/8 Smith & Hawksley, I did spend quite a bit of time honing. It came to me with a surface someone had roughed up a bit and so I thought it might look neat if I gave it a huge bevel by honing with thin Kapton tape. Which it does, I think. But I was unhappy with the edge, even though I spent a lot of time on the JNAT it's hard to refine an edge with that kind of surface area. Having done that work though, when I put a single layer of electrical tape it took a nice thin secondary bevel that works just fine.
$30, stropped and ready to go.
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5/8 Wostenholm IXL, $45. I really like the curves on the spine and tang of this one.
6/8 Wostenholm EBRO, $60. Has a nice heft.
Both of those are as acquired and unhoned, I'm afraid I'd get too attached if I hone them. This next one, a 5/8 Smith & Hawksley, I did spend quite a bit of time honing. It came to me with a surface someone had roughed up a bit and so I thought it might look neat if I gave it a huge bevel by honing with thin Kapton tape. Which it does, I think. But I was unhappy with the edge, even though I spent a lot of time on the JNAT it's hard to refine an edge with that kind of surface area. Having done that work though, when I put a single layer of electrical tape it took a nice thin secondary bevel that works just fine.
$30, stropped and ready to go.
Shipping via Canada post: for two+ razors CONUS it's $13 tracked, for one razor untracked $6 to the US, within Canada 4CAD for untracked Lettermail. Please enquire for international and other options.
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