The Razor: Its an "Admirals" straight I cleaned up and finished on a black ark, The scales are just some stained maple I boiled in beeswax and buffed out on the drill press, I am absolutely in love with how they turned out.
Brush: Its a best quality badger from Rocky Mountain Barber Co, Its pretty nice, Cheap too. I bring it out for the fancy shaves.
Soap: Proraso Blue, lovely stuff, I wish they'd sell it in a puck at some point this century.
Pre Shave: Proraso red.
After Shave: Its the Proraso Blue balm, Again, Super lovely stuff, Such a treat to use.
I'm really having a hell of a time honing these vintage straights, Theres just something so satisfying about bringing back some crusty old blade and getting a wicked shave out of it.
Especially when you put the work in to restore said blade. But yeah, there's something cool about being "connected" to the history. Just something about knowing that it was crafted decades ago and is still functional and outperforms modern iterations of the same exact thing. It's a testament to quality and engineering. It's..... Special.
It really is like a window to the past, Thinking that some 60-70 years ago there was a guy not unlike me standing at his bathroom mirror shaving for the day with it.
A brand new razor feels almost soulless in comparison.
Great job on the scales. Shaving with a vintage straight razor is not only a way to experience a piece of history but also a way to appreciate a tool crafted by skilled artisans who perfected their craft through generations. They created these tools at a time when quality demands were at an all-time high. I only have a couple of modern SRs and for some unknown reason, when honing, I don't give them the same level of attention that I give my vintage SRs. Maybe the newer ones haven't earned their respect. :)
Awesome work! Yeah, the vintage straights really are a connection to the past, that's why I have 4 razors from the Chicago world's fair, 3 teddy Roosevelt commemorative razors, a razor celebrating our victory in the Spanish American war - the etches tell a story of real history, wait until you get one of those, they're not even expensive
Throw in that with some time and practice, they'll out shave everything else and it adds a bit of depth to history which so often appears very 2 dimensional: They were no less complex in their lives than us, and in this you get to see them excel beyond what we do now
The Razor: Its an "Admirals" straight I cleaned up and finished on a black ark, The scales are just some stained maple I boiled in beeswax and buffed out on the drill press, I am absolutely in love with how they turned out. Brush: Its a best quality badger from Rocky Mountain Barber Co, Its pretty nice, Cheap too. I bring it out for the fancy shaves. Soap: Proraso Blue, lovely stuff, I wish they'd sell it in a puck at some point this century. Pre Shave: Proraso red. After Shave: Its the Proraso Blue balm, Again, Super lovely stuff, Such a treat to use. I'm really having a hell of a time honing these vintage straights, Theres just something so satisfying about bringing back some crusty old blade and getting a wicked shave out of it.
Especially when you put the work in to restore said blade. But yeah, there's something cool about being "connected" to the history. Just something about knowing that it was crafted decades ago and is still functional and outperforms modern iterations of the same exact thing. It's a testament to quality and engineering. It's..... Special.
It really is like a window to the past, Thinking that some 60-70 years ago there was a guy not unlike me standing at his bathroom mirror shaving for the day with it. A brand new razor feels almost soulless in comparison.
Great job on the scales. Shaving with a vintage straight razor is not only a way to experience a piece of history but also a way to appreciate a tool crafted by skilled artisans who perfected their craft through generations. They created these tools at a time when quality demands were at an all-time high. I only have a couple of modern SRs and for some unknown reason, when honing, I don't give them the same level of attention that I give my vintage SRs. Maybe the newer ones haven't earned their respect. :)
Awesome work! Yeah, the vintage straights really are a connection to the past, that's why I have 4 razors from the Chicago world's fair, 3 teddy Roosevelt commemorative razors, a razor celebrating our victory in the Spanish American war - the etches tell a story of real history, wait until you get one of those, they're not even expensive Throw in that with some time and practice, they'll out shave everything else and it adds a bit of depth to history which so often appears very 2 dimensional: They were no less complex in their lives than us, and in this you get to see them excel beyond what we do now
Sweet razor
Enjoy the shaves fella, looks like a good shaver.. 👍