Also known as the Portland Shave Shop, it's located in an unassuming building in a quiet neighborhood. We had to call to make sure we were at the right place.
Once inside, all six of us were the only customers there at that time, and the fellow holding down their nice little shop suddenly had a very attentive audience.
So, the entertainment began! First, Our guide Hunter gave a demonstration on how to whip up some fantastic shaving cream. Looked good enough to eat.
Then, he offered us a factory tour. They make their own razors and strops right there. They have the razors cut out of a sheet of steel by water jet. Not much waste there!
The factory was surprisingly compact.
Rough cut razor. The tempering process he described was quite interesting, and very delicate. Not a lot of room for error.
Razors in process of finishing.
They can end up crazy fancy, like this one.
Or fairly basic.
High quality either way. It was great to see a small set up like this hand making an excellent tool right here in the rainy Pacific Northwest.
Throw a handful of strawberries and some chocolate sprinkles in that mug.........
ReplyDeleteThose sorts of small businesses need to be encouraged. Ok, how many did you buy?
ReplyDeleteOne. I couldn't help myself, and besides, it's right to support the small entrepreneur. Basic G10 model, not the fancy schmantzy stabilized giraffe bone. I'll post it in a SOTD later.
DeleteCW, *where* is this place? i need a new razor and would love to go meet these guys and buy *another* kind of soap..."Williams" is getting kinda old after 22 yrs.
ReplyDeletethe address is under the "contacts" tab on their website, which is at
Deletehttps://portlandshaveshop.com/
If you do, tell them "hello" for me.
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