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Material => Navalhas => Topic started by: ischiapp on March 30, 2014, 12:51:41 am

Title: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: ischiapp on March 30, 2014, 12:51:41 am

Technical Data
Manufacturer: Shumate Razors
Web: Vintage (http://straightrazorplace.com/razor-clubs/24330-shumate-shaving-society.html (http://straightrazorplace.com/razor-clubs/24330-shumate-shaving-society.html))
Region: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Model: Curved Tungsteel
Type: Straight Razor
Date: 1904 - 1920
Weight: 29g
Lenght Total: 238mm
Lenght Blade: 70mm
Width Blade: 13mm / +4/8
Depth Spine: 4mm
Grind: Full Hollow
Point: Square Point
Decoration: No
Jimps: Down
Shoulder: 2 Stab
Lenght Handle: 133mm
Scales: Black, Plastic, Cream Wedge, Tungsteel in white
Steel: Sheffield, six temper

(http://www.ilrasoio.com/gallery/image.php?album_id=68&image_id=12177)
(http://www.ilrasoio.com/gallery/image.php?album_id=68&image_id=12178)
(http://www.ilrasoio.com/gallery/image.php?album_id=68&image_id=12179)
(http://www.ilrasoio.com/gallery/image.php?album_id=68&image_id=12180)
(http://manah.strazors.com/shumate_ad_1.jpg)
FULLSIZE: PIC1 (http://"https://googledrive.com/host/0B3AFb2MnlMdtSW56RGJKbjZhZlU/ShumateCurvedTungsteel1.JPG") 1500x661px / PIC2 (http://"https://googledrive.com/host/0B3AFb2MnlMdtSW56RGJKbjZhZlU/ShumateCurvedTungsteel2.JPG") 1500x525px / PIC3 (http://"https://googledrive.com/host/0B3AFb2MnlMdtSW56RGJKbjZhZlU/ShumateCurvedTungsteel3.JPG") 1500x889 / PIC4 (http://"https://googledrive.com/host/0B3AFb2MnlMdtSW56RGJKbjZhZlU/ShumateCurvedTungsteel4.JPG") 1500x464px

Review
Price: 10/10
Taken from Altus@ilRasoio, in the forum BST, the price of €50 including shipping for this little gem was a real bargain, in my opinion.

Quality: 9/10
Simple but perfectly calibrated. Just perfect.

Grip: 7/10
The knurling just down, with smooth and rounded spine, saw the light weight and small size does not give issue about controllin, although it is not the most solid grip desirable.

Ease of use: 10/10
It's the thinner blade than I have at the moment, and the lightest.
Practically a butterfly alights gently tight and difficult areas. View the smile conformation, or better to say "Curved" since everything including the spine is arched, as the vintage ad says at the time: <The only kind That will give a clean, "smartless" shave>. This because it reproduces a slide cutting, usually associated with safety razors of the "Slant" type.

Aggressiveness: 7/10
It's a steel very "soft" and gentle on the skin .
A great Sheffield , easy to sharpen ... easy to love.

Conclusion: 10/10
The only Shumate in my possession at the moment, but I was very favorably impressed. This in particular is a little jewel, so pleasant that I consider the small blades with new eyes.

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: Gago on March 30, 2014, 02:07:39 am

The smiling razor  :D

Nice review, amici.  ;)

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: ischiapp on March 30, 2014, 02:38:37 am

Thank You, Gabriel 8)

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: Stützel on March 30, 2014, 03:09:48 am

Thank You.  :)

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: FML on March 30, 2014, 03:41:26 am

Very interesting!

ischiapp, do you feel any difficulty to hone such a curved blade?

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: Fialho on March 30, 2014, 03:44:04 am

Cool.

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: orlandosn on March 30, 2014, 01:16:34 pm

A great looking razor and a great review.
Thanks! :)

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: goaman on March 30, 2014, 01:28:44 pm

Nice review! Thanks for sharing Pierpaolo!!

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: cariocarj01 on March 30, 2014, 04:42:08 pm

Molto buona revisione Pierpaolo.  ;)

Grazie.  :D

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: ischiapp on March 31, 2014, 01:07:58 am

Thank You, Guys :D :D :D


@FML
Sheffield steel is very easy to hone, and smiling is not a problem: it is not smiling.
It is curved ... all the blade, so geometry is projected to be honed as a normal straight blade. 8)

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: GADREL on April 01, 2014, 08:18:14 am

Wow!
Great!!!
 ;)

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: Mauricio SuperShaveMan on April 01, 2014, 01:21:57 pm

Nice review!  ;)

Title: Re: [Review] Shumate "Curved" Tungsteel 1904-1920
Post by: Nuno Sá on April 02, 2014, 01:30:33 am

 Never seen that razor. Thank´s for sharing and for the illustrated review.