Satin Steel & Glossy Leopard Wood

Here is a sleek, petite blade with a set of scales to match, rift-cut from leopard wood to give a unique cat's eye look. This satin-finished 4/8-width, square-tip, full-hollow-ground razor was made in Germany in the early 1900s for the Lewis Razor Company. The razor sits solid but light in the hand and is well suited to travel or for sitting proudly in your rotation of daily shavers.

This blade was well cared for even after its scales were broken off untold years ago, and finally made its way to me where I could run a soft-metal rotary brush over it to take off the patina of age, then send it to my friend, Doug Marcotte of Tucson. Doug has made himself a master in creating beautiful scales to match every blade, and has a unique, elegant way of fastening them into a complete ensemble. Using the vintage style of pinning scales with solid metal rods, he uses domed washers to give a smooth profile. In this case the gold-and-black scales are further contrasted with pewter-like, stainless steel washers around polished copper pins.

Truly Shave-Ready

I like my razors to look good, but I only shave with a straight-edge and I restore these for the purpose of giving people a flawless shaving tool. The edge has been carefully honed on both sides of a DMT Duosharp and a Norton water hone, lapped on balsa blocks with two grades of fine diamond grit and chrome oxide, then finished off with 60 strops on smooth saddle leather. The result is the only standard I accept: an edge that will cut a hanging hair at multiple points and deliver the smoothest, closest possible shave. With daily use and proper stropping and this razor shouldn't need to be any time honed soon. After sharpness-testing it's has been rubbed down with a silicone-impregnated cloth to give it a glossy moisture barrier.

Satisfaction Guaranteed

I take pride in my work and will refund any customer who isn't satisfied with their razor, including the cost of return shipping.

Free Shaving Soap

I also make and sell premium, heavily-scented shaving creams and soaps. With this razor you'll get a free four-ounce cup of my luxury soap made enriched with extra glycerin and special ingredients for a long-lasting, moisturizing lather. This is home-made soap which I sell for $6 per cake.

Other Shaving Products

I also sell hand-crafted shaving cream with the same luxurious ingredients as my soap, but with the scent-releasing properties of creams and with lanolin to be extra kind to the skin.

In addition to more great shavers, my other listing include beautiful 3-inch-wide deluxe razor strops made from heaviest saddle leather and hardware. Check out Marcotte table strops, 18 inches long, made of beautiful bloodwood mounted with thick, smooth strips of heavy-grain saddle leather.

Razor honing and restoration

I also offer a razor-sharpening and -polishing service starting at $20, and I can have Marcotte custom replacement scales installed on your razor at varying prices. Doug Marcotte's scales are made of carefully selected finest hardwoods and each set of scales is made to fit a particular blade with minimum space between blade and spacer, and with friction washers to help keep the heel of the blade dry, free of unnecessary wear and with even tension on the blade at every angle. Washers are flat or domed, in brass or stainless steel, and pins are in brass, nickel or copper. 

Free shipping worldwide

Shipping of razors is free worldwide, including APO's. In the United States delivery is by Priority Mail. In Canada and overseas delivery is by First Class Mail.