Tribute gear

[jasp]

I got these following razors from my grandparents who got it from someone else who recently sadly passed away. They knew he shaved with a straight razor and asked wether they could have the razors to give to their grandson.
I was very happy when they told me I could have them and I made a promise I would treat 'em with respect.
They're all pretty big razor, two are almost twice the size of a 5/8. I really don't have any other big razors, but I'm really drawn to using a big razor, they really look nice to me.

This is an Original Bartmann which came with a notice paper with a couple of phrases in french and dutch,
The notice states something alike "all the razors with the trademark of BARTMANN are well taken care of and are guaranteed to be shave ready out the box."
"The real BARTMANN razors are made by the best renowed razorfactory of Solignen. Every razor is checked piece by piece with exceptional care, which can guarantee a pleasant and lasting shave. The BARTMANN razors are the only to be totally finished in SOLINGEN and ready for use."










This one came in a Dorko box, razor itself has no mention of Dorko, but says Hersei Solingen, Gondola made in Solingen







This one says Hans Reif Solingen








All these blades are pretty big, definitely bigger than my 6/8 Grelot, they actually dwarf my 6/8 Grelot
I really like the shape and size of these blades, I can tell the previous owner definitely cared for his razors and knew what he was doing.

I also wanted to shoot a quick thank you to everyone for replying.
The Avene products are indeed top notch.
And after using the Old Traditional strop for a couple of weeks now, I must say it is indeed a beautiful piece of craftsmanship and quality; a beautiful example of deutsche Gründlichkeit as are these razors from Solingen.

 

[rayman]

Jasp,
Those are great razors, you will love them.

I would have your grandparents get in touch with whomever they got these from and see what happened to the rest of his equipment, stones, strop, mugs, etc. You might offer to purchase them.

Ray

 

[jasp]

Jasp,
Those are great razors, you will love them.

I would have your grandparents get in touch with whomever they got these from and see what happened to the rest of his equipment, stones, strop, mugs, etc. You might offer to purchase them.

Ray

I was wondering the same thing, I don't know the woman herself they got it from.
Before my grandparents got a hold of these razors, they told me the woman is someone who never gives anything away, you can't really get anything from her.(we got to reevaluate that statement now) But they're good friends and meet occasionally. They also told me she was probably going to throw it all out, so they tried asking for it. When I got the razors, I was surprised from what I've heard that she actually gave them, and am very respectful for that. Although with throwing it away everyone loses. So I was surprised they gave them and haven't really had the guts to ask after the strop and hone etc.
But I sure have wondered about that, I'm sure he had some more fine equipment.
thanks

 

[Paul]

If you need seed money...

 

[vgeorge]

Well, this thread has had me thinking recently about what kind of tribute shaving gear would best represent my heritage.

... featuring the next spoked wheel (chakra) displayed in the flag of the Romany people (see avatar).

I could not resist pointing out the Ashok Chakra, shown above, which is on the Indian Flag. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra and more here: http://www.anonlineindia.com/information/symbols.htm

This tells me that, as much people are unique, they find symbolism in similar things.

 

[geruchtemoaker]

Well, this thread has had me thinking recently about what kind of tribute shaving gear would best represent my heritage.
... featuring the spoked wheel (chakra) displayed in the flag of the Romany people (see avatar).

I could not resist pointing out the Ashok Chakra, shown above, which is on the Indian Flag. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra and more here: http://www.anonlineindia.com/information/symbols.htm

This tells me that, as much people are unique, they find symbolism in similar things.

[There is some magic about images here I have not mastered. So the image is not showing up. You can see them on the links, though.]

If you put it like this it should work

[img]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ashoka_Chakra.svg[/img]

for the link you need to use it's simple if you're using firefox you right klick on the image and choose copy target location and paste it between the quotes
for IE: right click hen properties and then you can see and copy the url
for chrome: right click copy image location(or something like that i only have the dutch version)

regards
Stijn

 

[vgeorge]

Thanks for your suggestions, Stijn.

I think my worst problem was FF with cross-scripting disallowed.

I followed your suggestion in Chrome and it worked fine.

Thanks!

 

[decraew]

Jasper, those razors look fantastic, and they seem to be in really good shape as well :thumbup:

I would suggest you visit this old lady with a box of pralinnekes and thank her!

 

[RicTic]

I could not resist pointing out the Ashok Chakra, shown above, which is on the Indian Flag. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra and more here: http://www.anonlineindia.com/information/symbols.htm

This tells me that, as much people are unique, they find symbolism in similar things.

vgeorge,
It's no coincidence that the 16 spoke chakra of the Romany is similar to the Ashok Chakra.
All Romany originate from the Indian subcontinent and migrated west between 500 and 1000 AD. The English Romany (Romanichal tribe) established themselves in England during the 1500's.
The language shares many similarities too. Some words even influenced the English language in the form of slang. Such as "Pal" = brother.
"Cushti" (see Del Boy/Only Fools and horses) = good.
Cosh = Stick.
And "Chav" (originally Chavo) meaning, boy.

The wheel represents the wheel of the "vardo" (wagon). The green below, the land. And the blue above, the sky.