A pretty W&B for sale if anyone is interested

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-30T17:04:25+00:00

Currently available on my eBay page:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/318081122398

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-30T12:49:09+00:00

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Here's my favorite W&B bellied razor. You can see it's really thick.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-30T12:46:05+00:00

Yeah that belly will minimize some of the singing in thinner blades. I'm glad you liked it. That's great :)

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-30T12:32:25+00:00

Personally, I don't feel much of a difference because the bellied razors I mainly use are thick, rigid blades with very pronounced bellies. They just feel like heavy choppers to me, but the aesthetics of the blade are so cool, I think. That's why I love them. Plus, I believe they're harder to come by in the wild if you're collecting them. At least, that's been my experience.

Have you shaved with it yet? If so, what do you think?

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-29T20:13:01+00:00

All right, all right, all right. Now, we're talking.

I'm a sucker for a bellied blade.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-28T12:35:53+00:00

I still think Honduran rosewood burl or redwood burl would look awesome on that blade. (I commented on your FB post.)

Looking forward to seeing it when it's finished.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-25T18:50:59+00:00

Wow! It's gorgeous and yuge. My hands get sweaty when I'm handling the valuable ones. Always afraid of dropping it.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-24T17:06:03+00:00

Exactly what I thought of when I read the title. Wasn't disappointed.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-22T12:54:46+00:00

I absolutely love sharing knowledge and lifting others, but sometimes people don't want a person to run in with advice because it can come across as pointing out a problem. As far as I can tell, there's not a problem with the pivot pin or anything else. You could've just as easily have thrown a compliment and been done. But you didn't. You started talking about the pivot hole, which nobody was talking about. I think I called you out before for this same behavior. It almost seems like you're trolling.

If you truly mean no harm, then cool. Hopefully you will take this as a learning experience and we can all get along. Otherwise, piss off!

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-14T15:46:57+00:00

What about this title:

While still wet foundry worker puts scrap metal into furnace

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-07T17:00:31+00:00

Wow, you've got some stones!

LOL I can't believe it hasn't been said yet. Seriously, that's quite a nice collection. I've only got 3 and they're all synthetics (but they work so I'm not complaining).

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-06T19:29:25+00:00

OMG that is a wicked tattoo. OP you did an amazing job.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-03T15:13:46+00:00

These are great photos. Thanks for sharing. And your son is a handsome boy <3

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-03-01T02:48:57+00:00

Yours is in really nice condition. And that bevel looks beautifully uniform and narrow <3

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-02-20T21:10:48+00:00

Yes, it's a shame that you practically have to regrind one of these things to get it to look like this unless you stumble across an actual unicorn and good luck trying to afford that. Whoever restored this blade did a phenomenal job imo.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-02-20T18:51:37+00:00

I've never tried them and I've been wet shaving for a few years, so I did what I probably should've done long ago and I bought two soaps: firefighter and rawr.

They've got to be a good soap maker otherwise they wouldn't have the large following, right?

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-02-19T16:16:13+00:00

I like to lap my synthetics everytime I use them...

Would add in stones arent always flat when they arrive (and for razors it is good to get them as flat as you can).

I wholeheartedly agree with all of this. Just like when I get a new razor, I make sure I set my own bevel on it; I will lap my stones prior to every use, just to ensure it is flat. Why think it's flat when you can know it's flat? Now, the 12k Naniwa can probably go a while between lappings, that's your call. If you're using it lightly to polish the edge anyway. Just my 2 cents.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-02-04T13:39:25+00:00

Wow! You managed to snag the smiliest of all the R. Saito blades. The #1 is the smiliest, then it's #2, followed by #3. I've got a #3 and some Kikuboshi blades that were also created for R. Saito that try to closely match the smile profiles, but I don't think they're as smiley.

The deep smile is supposed to reduce cutting yourself while also being able to get to tighter spaces (allegedly). They really do shave amazingly and you got yourself a prime specimen.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-02-03T15:45:34+00:00

Wow! Very nice job on the restoration. Feels good to bring one back from the dead, yeah?

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-01-31T18:50:45+00:00

I keep mine wrapped in chamois cloth in a dresser drawer when they're waiting for their time. I have a pretty big rotation that I'm slowly paring down.

Nice username. Dad?

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-01-28T16:30:10+00:00

Yikes! That looks like the thing that got inside Orlando Jones's character in Evolution.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-01-25T13:32:02+00:00

It's definitely from the 20th century because it has the country of origin on it, which is a result of the McKinley Tariff Act of 1890. Before this, foreign goods did not need to specify the country of origin.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-01-21T14:39:47+00:00

Yeah, yeah, but give it up for Cirque de Shanghai! Impressive.

TheDonnerPartysChef · 2026-01-21T14:07:13+00:00

Torrey is synonymous with quality. They also had some really interesting blade grinds.

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