Rogers 6/8 Hollow Ground Shave Ready Sheffield Straight Razor

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This is a Rogers, 6/8 (18.5mm) wide, hollow ground, shave ready straight razor made in Sheffield, England.Smooth Sheffield steel In beautiful, original tortoise scales. The blade has a nice thumb notch keeping fingers away from the bevel. The bevel is mirror bright. This is one of the more collectible Sheffield razors that isn't a "chopper". Honed and finished on Japanese Whetstones.This razor looks better, will appreciate in value, and probably will outlast a new plastic Gillette razor oh by a few decades.This razor was professionally honed. The cutting edge of this blade is sharp, and smooth capable of very close and comfortable shaves. This razor is shave-ready.What does shave ready mean? This razor is shave-ready that means you can shave with the razor right out-of-the-box upon arrival. In order to get a razor shave ready it has to be honed. Honing usually costs $25 plus shipping by most vendors. This is important to know because most razors sold ANYWHERE are not shave ready even if they are new (i.e a new Dovo). New razors have "factory edges" which is not considered shave ready by the majority of straight razor users. If a straight razor is not shave ready it will not shave comfortably. Feel free to contact me for my honing services.Why buy from me? Because if you buy a straight razor from me I will teach you how to shave with read more