u/deezdanglin

So I got to thinking about oiling blades after use or for storage. Saw the advice of mineral oil and TP/PT to wipe the blade. Could be slightly messy, dealing with oil, etc.

My first thought was this. A small silicon container that I bought in a multi-pack. I used for traveling with aftershave lotions.

An old tee shirt sleeve, wound in a coil, soaked in mineral spirits (food grade). I just squeeze the container, the cloth pops up, swipe the blade (rub on tang or dip the tail). Easy, though I do have a needle dropper for the pivot.

Thoughts? Improvements?

I believe I did well Guys! Got this in today. I've bought several lately, think I gave $35-40?. Quick search claims probably 1875/85. Barber notch, no etchings (looked under a x10 loupe), near wedge and stamps.

Suggested this might be a 1940/60s 'barbershop repair'. But there's absolutely no way of knowing that.

Blade is free swinging on the pivot. No big deal.

Give me a week or so and I'll follow up with a cleaning, honing and shave update. I'm excited to see what this blade design does.

Eta: the blade is 3/4"

Edit: Link fixed?

Got these three in today. So exiced! I'll give some info on each. First search, haven't tripled check. Also, yea, that's my SOTD. I was playing with Imgur links. Apologies.

Top: Columbia Cutlery, Extra Hollow Ground, Worcester, Mass. The company is known to have been producing 'c.1905'. Everything else is lost. However, the Circle/Bar stamp probably denotes the steel stock batch or final inspection mark. Neat.

Middle: Novelty Cutlery Co, Canton, OH. They became famous for patenting clear scales (process/formula?). Pictures/scenes would be set beneath the scales. I saw some Googling, they were amazing artistic epieces!

Bottom: I'm pleased with this one especially. Mid-20s Genco HEAVY, with scale accents. During this time, they puts out more razors a day than any other factory globally! And since there were sanctions and, you know, WW1 going on, Genco stepped up production. This model seems to have been designed for high end barbers. The accents were utilitarian as well. Protecting the thin bits and edges as barbers picked up and put down all day. Cool!

https://imgur.com/gallery/Wg1SFsZ

I found this the other day on the webs and picked it up today, $25! Did a little reading before purchasing, ofc. Deeper dig just now. I'll copy/paste few things that were cool to me.

'Early mid-Victorian directories place the hairdressing firm on separate streets (such as Carter Gate or St. Ann's Well Road in older local listings)

The move to the prominent 17 King Street location happened during the late-Victorian commercial expansion of downtown Nottingham.

Historical trade directories for Nottinghamshire explicitly list Arthur Doughty and his partner trading as "Doughty & Daubrah, hairdressers" at 17 King Street, Nottingham

Doughty & Daubrah was a historic hairdressing and barber partnership located at 17 King Street

Elongated Tail (1860s–1900+)

Celluloid & Plastics (1870s–1920s)

Full Hollow Ground (1880s–1920s)

No Country Named: If it only says "Doughty & Daubrah, 17 King St" or includes a model name like "Grosvenor", it was manufactured before 1891

Since the blade is hollow ground, the razor can be dated even more precisely to between 1885 and 1891.'

I'm monetarily terrified of how much I'm loving this hobby. Guess I'll stay single for a while longer...

I found this yesterday on the webs and picked it up today, $25! Did a little reading before purchasing, ofc. Deeper dig just now. I'll copy/paste few things that were cool to me.

'Early mid-Victorian directories place the hairdressing firm on separate streets (such as Carter Gate or St. Ann's Well Road in older local listings)

The move to the prominent 17 King Street location happened during the late-Victorian commercial expansion of downtown Nottingham.

Historical trade directories for Nottinghamshire explicitly list Arthur Doughty and his partner trading as "Doughty & Daubrah, hairdressers" at 17 King Street, Nottingham

Doughty & Daubrah was a historic hairdressing and barber partnership located at 17 King Street

Elongated Tail (1860s–1900+)

Celluloid & Plastics (1870s–1920s)

Full Hollow Ground (1880s–1920s)

No Country Named: If it only says "Doughty & Daubrah, 17 King St" or includes a model name like "Grosvenor", it was manufactured before 1891

Since the blade is hollow ground, the razor can be dated even more precisely to between 1885 and 1891.'

I'm monetarily terrified of how much I'm loving this hobby. Guess I'll stay single for a while longer...

Hey Guys, just got this on today. For reference, I've got a new Ark Trans and a new to me Belgium combo stone. Also, the suckers and hand written Thank You on the invoice was a nice touch.

Making sure I'm on the right path. After some reading I thought these were what I needed to keep the stones nice and flat. Also, 2 too many Old Fashions one evening lol.

I know I need a surface to lap the stones on. Seen counter top or headstone drops, ect.

Would ya'll point me to a decent vid (haven't seen what I'm looking for) or walk through the steps one last time before I potentially disfigure my stones?

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Hey Guys, I've gotten two inherited blades. Bought two to practice. I've got a great finish on one. And a nice honed shave off the other. Then I swapped, refining techniques.

So, this razor was one of two I got from my Uncle by marriage (had to have been his father's?). Story, keeping it short...

I've got a nice shine on the opposite side. But how in the hell would you puff and polish around the leafing?

I've been rehabilitating with low speed dremel, blade taped, feeling for heat, etc. Depending on petina, start red/why/green. And/or various diamond pastes. And I have the pointy dremel cones. Just wanted to check in before I dive down.

Eta: Sorry, bad lighting. I was able to get the heights around the leaf. But those narrower channels...?

So, stropped and went to whip up a little fruit, and stopped. I remember some of ya'll talking about soft/hard/distilled water.

So I have to fill my CPAP with distilled water. Because of the Damned hard water in the SE US. So a while back I bought a counter top Water distiller (seriously, just water). Convenient. But the included container is inconvenient to pour small amounts from.

Part two: The other evening I was cooking up a simple syrup for my Old Fashions. New, experimental recipe. And opened a x3 pack of condiment bottles. See...

This morning decided to strop out the old Keen Kutter. 'Wait, let me try the water trick. But shit, it's aggravating. What can I put it in?'

Condiment Bottle! Squirt as much as I need! BooYaaah, SON!

I've read only one novel in the franchise, *Isolation*. It was OK. A bit elementary. And I swear, Amanda had to the the luckiest person in the known galaxy. Bc every other paragraph lauded how she luckily did X, luckily Y was in the locker, luckily she knew now to Z....

But based on ya'lls posts/replies I got *Phalanx* in the other day. Only about 50pgs in and I'm enjoying it.

It's definitely different so far from anything I would have thought. Almost medieval, interesting! And I've got SOOO many questions lol.

Thanks for the recommendation so far!