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ScoutHikerDad

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8. Old Straight Razors

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 12:11 PM

Saturday

I have been restoring and rescaling old straights for years. I also hone, strop and shave with them. I find it relaxing in kind of a zen way to have a Sunday shave with one of my homemade shaving brushes and a really luxurious fine shave soap.

In fact, the desire to start turning shaving brushes to match my fancy wood-handled straights during the pandemic led me all the way down the wood-turning rabbit hole, which cleared a path for me to retire from teaching to pursue it as a full-time business. Now I hoard wood, lol-so much wood! Here's a pic of a set in Walnut I made for a colleague for her husband as a wedding present:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MbqhZDvTY6ZBKRkEA

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Did you collect anything as a child or even now? I collected baseball cards as a kid. How about you? [View all] debm55 Saturday OP

Hundreds of different beer cans! Raastan Saturday #1

Thank you very much, Raastan. That is very unique. debm55 Saturday #9

Betsy McCall paper dolls. DURHAM D Saturday #2

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Breyer horses biophile Saturday #3

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Wonderful, Mad_Dem_X. Do you debox your Barbies? debm55 Saturday #13

Usually, yes. Mad_Dem_X Saturday #20

Video games and comic books as a kid Polybius Saturday #5

Thank you very much, Polybius. My favorite was collecting the Archies comic books. debm55 Monday #22

Beer Cans and I have them displayed in my garage today Chasstev365 Saturday #6

Great and very funny. Chasstev365. That is funny. Love it. debm55 Monday #23

wacky packs surrealAmerican Saturday #7

Thank you very much, surrealAmerican. That's great. debm55 Monday #24

Old Straight Razors ScoutHikerDad Saturday #8

Oh those are beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing with us. ScoutHikerDad. You are very creative. debm55 Monday #25

Thank you, Deb! ScoutHikerDad Monday #27

Great story, and lovely pieces! electric_blue68 Yesterday #44

I collected coins, baseball cards and glass insulators. House of Roberts Saturday #10

Another baseball card collector. Since I live in Pittsburgh, I have a lot of the Pirates, including Roberto Clemente. debm55 Monday #28

Home team would have been Atlanta since it's regionally the closest. House of Roberts Monday #33

A few things, like wnylib Saturday #14

Thank you for your wonderful and interesting post.wnylib. I live in Pittsburgh , Been to Lake Erie many times. I did the debm55 Monday #30

Erie is my home town so I so spent a lot of time wnylib Monday #36

I still have my 1960s baseball cards. rsdsharp Saturday #15

HAHAHAHHAHHAh. I still have my vintage cards, and I remember the thin Topps bubble gum that came with them. I had a debm55 Monday #31

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Thank you very much for sharing with us, some_of_us_are_sane. That's very interesting. debm55 Monday #38

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Thank you very much for sharing with us.dicthegrouch for sharing your journeys with us. debm55 Monday #39

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HAHHAHHAHAH. Thank you Grim Chieftain. Love it. I used to have the Golden Books with the elf in the top debm55 Monday #40

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I am so sorry, True Dough. debm55 Monday #41

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Books 📕 and I still do. Polly Hennessey Monday #29

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As a 5th & 6th grader- baseball cards.... electric_blue68 Yesterday #45

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