Help Files

Below are PDF files from various sources that have been uploaded to Straight Razor Place. If there is a PDF file that you feel is beneficial and you would like to see it uploaded, then reach out to one of the Mentors or Moderators for assistance.

Hone/Stone Related:

• Swaty instructions PDF file

Stropping Related:

• Linen information in PDF file
• Stropping Information in PDF file
• Stropping videos by Alan Davis of SRP
• File:Help Files Videos Superfly stropping.avi
• File:Help Files Videos Norbert Schick Stropping.mpg
• Image of a four sided strop

Shaving Related:

• Essay on barber's razors, hones & strops from 1895
• Shaving Instructions taken from a textbook
• Shaving tips from Muehle-Pinsel
• Shaving tips from Muehle-Pinsel in English & German
• A chart on the many aspects involved in shaving
• The Art Of The Straight Razor Shave- Basic Guide
• Notes on the basics of shaving
• Shaving Made Easy- A book from 1905
• Shaving videos
• Henckels instruction sheet
• Demonstrating the Scything motion
• Shaving diagram # 1
• Shaving diagram # 2
• Blade angle, to skin diagram
• Robeson Shave Guide
• A Straight Razor Place art logo
• Help Files Permanent Archive Shaving Blade angle.jpg
• Help Files Permanent Archive Shaving Cutting angle.jpg

Honing Related:

• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Barbering Textbooks 1961 Barbering Text - Honing.pdf
• File:The Art of Honing a Razor - The Art of Shaving.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info Razor Sharpening And Using Tips.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Diamond Compound Standard Availability.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Grits General Info DATA.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Norton Pike History.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Norton Pyramid Honing Guide.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Toishi Waterstone.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Why diamond pastes have conflicting grit sizes.pdf
• Honing videos
• File:Help Files Videos Norbert Schick Honing-1.avi
• Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Honing motion.jpg
• Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Z hone.jpg
• Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Blade position on hone.jpg
• Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Swaty Instructions Page 1.jpg
• Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Swaty Instructions Page 2.jpg
• Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information T-I-paste-analysis.jpg
• Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Micro Chart.jpg
• Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Proper honing.jpg
• Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Stropped.jpg
• Honing diagrams

Razor Manufacturers:

• File:Help Files Henckels Catalog.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info German Manufacturing History.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info Great Dovo Information.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info Puma Information.pdf
• Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info PUMA Gutmann Cat no21 1990a.jpg

Restoration Related:

• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info CelluloidInfo.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info ID PLASTICS IVORY BONES MORE.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info Identify-plastics1.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info IdentifyPlastics001.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info Mike Thomson Handle Making.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info Oliver Seely Physical Properties of Common Woods.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info Razor Anatomy.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive ID PLASTICS IVORY BONES MORE.pdf

Misc. Information:

• File:Help Files Knifessharpeningexperiment.pdf
• File:Help Files General Information Ebay Names 04-17-08 PDF.pdf
• File:Help Files 1961 Barbering Text - Shaving.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info Razor Central Manual.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Barbering Textbooks Barbbook lrg.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info 1902 Sears Catalog Razors Intro.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info Straight Razor Care.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Great Straight Info Straight Razor History & Details.pdf
• File:Help Files Permanent Archive Soaps & Aftershaves Shaving soap and aftershave.pdf
• File:Help Files Standard Barbering 1967.pdf
• File:Photos-reveal-unsuspecting-facts 1931.pdf 
• Help Files Permanent Archive Honing & Stropping Information Norton1.jpg
• Swaty Alumin Instructions.jpg