Worth a punt...?

AJP

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Hi guys,

I am not sure whether this is worth going for and would appreciate any advice you experienced Straight Razor guys could give.

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Is this worth a punt, or should I ignore this and look at something else?

Thanks for your time,
 
This has come up before:
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Very, very dubious about this one.
 
I'd give it a miss if it was me. I bought a similar item a long while ago just to see what it was like - the metal wasn't even good for honing practice. As soon as it got near bevel-formation, the edge rolled over. The strop looks the part, but the one I got needed some serious work on it. It had to be sanded back and, to be fair to it, it saw quite a bit of use as a bench strop glued to a lump of timber and coated with CrOx, but almost any leather would have sufficed with the surface removed, pumiced, saddle-soaped, oiled and pasted.

Good vintage gear is hard to beat - I think it out-performs most of the new stuff, but the catch-22 is that you have to know what will make a good blade or strop, so plenty of reading-up on the subject and some practical experience of actually seeing and restoring stuff is of prime importance.

You never know though - there is always the exception to the rule!

Regards,
neil
 
Well, I'm going to play it safe! After a few PM's to Neil, he is going to sort me out razor and strop. So hopefully in the near future i may also be joining the straight ranks as well as DE!! Fingers crossed!

Cheers,
 
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