I've been exploring the idea of straight razor shaving for a time and whilst I still don't feel I know enough about blade preparation and care yet, this little jewel came up for sale over on the Straight Razor Place forums, yesterday morning.






When I saw that piper inlay on the scale, I knew one thing was certain. I had to own this razor. I immediately PM'ed the owner, who informed me the razor was already spoken for and I was nearly heartbroken. About 20 minutes later, he PM'ed me again to say the first sale had fallen through, so I snagged it up. It was certainly not cheap , but I'm still quite chuffed to own it.

I should probably pull my hair back today and have someone take my picture, so everyone will be able to see me with both ears. I'm likely to lose at least one in the next week or so.