Hi Bill, I love the scent of Burma Shave (PAA Hotel Cecil). I actually have a brush with the Burma Shave logo on it. Made by Opus Brush Co. I’ll send you a pic. Been traveling for the last 5 weeks (epic road trip) and have not been using straights for a while. Gotta get back into it! I remember being a kid and taking a bath with my “floating” bar of Ivory! I love Lilac Vegetal. Best regards, Glenn
Hey buddy. Those are 'washerless' pins. They can be tightened. I have an Ern crown and sword that needed tightened. Lots of tiny taps, with a peening hammer on a solid metal surface.
OMG 😲 What a beautiful ERN ! 😍! So easy to tighten the sloppy loose pivot Bill ,using rotary blows with a small Ball Payne hammer to peen over the loose pin , to mushroom 🍄 the rivet head ( use a bench vise ? smooth jaw to rest the under side rivet head ) Dont send it to me as I adore faux tortoiseshell and crown and sword . I'd keep it ! 🤣. Ps, all toothpaste tubes were lead , or lead alloy untill recently, as you screwed on or off the cap the lead would come off as a visible dark stain in the paste ....yummy 😉
@@Martins-Shaves123 Thanks Martin. I did work on peening these pins to the safe extent of my skill set. The pivot pin and center pin are the washerless type and have been mushroomed into the scales from some time ago. They currently have very little protruding stock left. I am not sure the last time I saw a non-plastic toothpaste tube here in Murica. I had totally forgotten about those lead tubes until I started looking into the genuine Burma-Shave. For centuries in my trade, lead alloys were used for type in print production. I saw on a documentary on Linotype machines where it was common to use an allow ‘cast type slug’ to stir one’s coffee in the optional cup holder built into of that world changing invention. When I was in the ink business, I remember in the 80’s seeing a Linotype machine on display at the Smithsonian Museum and commenting to my wife that I had customers who still used this type of equipment then. One of these businesses that I know of still uses it today.
@@Martins-Shaves123 I was involved in the acquisition of a new piece of nice printing equipment. Older similar equipment could take a 2 man crew a full shift to put in a complex changeover. The new gizmo (without a single gear) would allow me to single-handedly put in a more complex change in less than 1/2 shift and run at 3-4x speed. While the Confusah Computah had a self diagnostic mode, the replacable electronics had market cycles were way too short. It really sucked to find that a component is no longer made and out of stock. Then you need the engineer, the electrician, and the programmer to work together and do the impossible. Glad to be out of that hot box. 😃
That's one hell of a beautiful razor. Would you mind telling me how you store your razors? Not necessarily long term, just general storage. I recently found an old wooden cigar box that I want to use for my razors. Hotel Cecil is the Burma shave dupe by PAA. I wonder what it feels like to get rejected by a straight razor, I imagine it cuts pretty deep😅
@@horizondrive2039 Thanks for tuning in again. I do not have a long storage differentiated from general storage. After a razor dries I do apply a thin coat of renaissance wax and buff off. Some go in a silicone impregnated Sackups style pouch, some into the coffin box or leather case they came in. All go into a plastic bin that contains desiccant pouches. If I did not have more aftershaves and soaps than I will ever use, I might get some of that Hotel Cecil. Thanks for sharing that information.
Beautiful ERN, I have one, had a couple I have restored. They had great shavers, easy honers, but all have warped crappy scales 😂. Your candidate is doing great, we just need her to keep talking.
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@@horizondrive2039 Verbiage totally worth of a steward to the Nuclear Codes. 😮
awesome razor Bill! Looked like a super keen edge from over here!
@@seanstapelfeld It was pretty nice. It was done on 2 curves, when I redo, I will deepen the hollow in the back of the bevel a bit. Great steel.
Hi Bill, I love the scent of Burma Shave (PAA Hotel Cecil). I actually have a brush with the Burma Shave logo on it. Made by Opus Brush Co. I’ll send you a pic. Been traveling for the last 5 weeks (epic road trip) and have not been using straights for a while. Gotta get back into it! I remember being a kid and taking a bath with my “floating” bar of Ivory! I love Lilac Vegetal. Best regards, Glenn
Hi Bill. Very thin grind on this razor 🙂 have a good one
@@borbelyhaz321 I always say I am a fan of super thin grinds, but come to thing of it I don’t think I have used anything heavier than a half-hollow
Hey buddy. Those are 'washerless' pins. They can be tightened. I have an Ern crown and sword that needed tightened. Lots of tiny taps, with a peening hammer on a solid metal surface.
You can also use a good heavy spoon, I'm willing to bet he's already aware of this though.
@@horizondrive2039 that spoon trick is a good tip, thanks for sharing.
@@michaelshults7675 Hi Mike. Unfortunately this one has been peened almost flush to the scale
OMG 😲 What a beautiful ERN ! 😍!
So easy to tighten the sloppy loose pivot Bill ,using rotary blows with a small Ball Payne hammer to peen over the loose pin , to mushroom 🍄 the rivet head ( use a bench vise ? smooth jaw to rest the under side rivet head )
Dont send it to me as I adore faux tortoiseshell and crown and sword . I'd keep it ! 🤣.
Ps, all toothpaste tubes were lead , or lead alloy untill recently, as you screwed on or off the cap the lead would come off as a visible dark stain in the paste ....yummy 😉
@@Martins-Shaves123 Thanks Martin. I did work on peening these pins to the safe extent of my skill set. The pivot pin and center pin are the washerless type and have been mushroomed into the scales from some time ago. They currently have very little protruding stock left.
I am not sure the last time I saw a non-plastic toothpaste tube here in Murica. I had totally forgotten about those lead tubes until I started looking into the genuine Burma-Shave. For centuries in my trade, lead alloys were used for type in print production. I saw on a documentary on Linotype machines where it was common to use an allow ‘cast type slug’ to stir one’s coffee in the optional cup holder built into of that world changing invention. When I was in the ink business, I remember in the 80’s seeing a Linotype machine on display at the Smithsonian Museum and commenting to my wife that I had customers who still used this type of equipment then. One of these businesses that I know of still uses it today.
@billm.2677 good technology never dies . Computer chips and modern stuff is junk when barely a generation old .
@@Martins-Shaves123 I was involved in the acquisition of a new piece of nice printing equipment. Older similar equipment could take a 2 man crew a full shift to put in a complex changeover. The new gizmo (without a single gear) would allow me to single-handedly put in a more complex change in less than 1/2 shift and run at 3-4x speed. While the Confusah Computah had a self diagnostic mode, the replacable electronics had market cycles were way too short. It really sucked to find that a component is no longer made and out of stock. Then you need the engineer, the electrician, and the programmer to work together and do the impossible. Glad to be out of that hot box. 😃
Beautiful Ern razor Bill. Have a great weekend.
@@JT-nf9tk Thanks Joe. I don’t usually pursue ornate type shave pieces, but the cost was low enough to bring this one home.
That's one hell of a beautiful razor. Would you mind telling me how you store your razors? Not necessarily long term, just general storage. I recently found an old wooden cigar box that I want to use for my razors. Hotel Cecil is the Burma shave dupe by PAA. I wonder what it feels like to get rejected by a straight razor, I imagine it cuts pretty deep😅
@@horizondrive2039 Thanks for tuning in again.
I do not have a long storage differentiated from general storage. After a razor dries I do apply a thin coat of renaissance wax and buff off. Some go in a silicone impregnated Sackups style pouch, some into the coffin box or leather case they came in. All go into a plastic bin that contains desiccant pouches.
If I did not have more aftershaves and soaps than I will ever use, I might get some of that Hotel Cecil. Thanks for sharing that information.
Beautiful ERN, I have one, had a couple I have restored. They had great shavers, easy honers, but all have warped crappy scales 😂. Your candidate is doing great, we just need her to keep talking.
@@BigEShaves I’d like to see her on Oprah again. 🤣
Beautiful razor Bill! I hope to own a ERN one day myself.
@@SeanG8282 I do like the couple that I have.