Thread: Latest snag -- Torrey

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=230112535540

It looked like it was in great shape and I found the grind interesting, so I couldn't resist adding another one for my shaving rotation

P.S. Sorry Lou

Looks like a frame back

I've got a couple of Watervilles with a similar grind. This was a reasonably common grind in late 18th century American razors. It's not quite a frameback.

But it ain't. That's why I found it so interesting. All of my other hollows have vertical stabilizers.

If I'm not mistaken this is a grind very similar to a W&B I have. I have seen this grind on a razor at shavingshop.com and they refer to this grind as a modified frame back.
If I'm mistaken please let me know so I can add another style to my collection!!

AFIK (and also if I'm mistaken, will someone please correct me) this is a type of a hollow grind but I can see why it would be called "modified frameback." I have a couple of framebacks, I have the whole spectrum of the scale, but nothing like this.

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-Lou

These aren't that rare guys - I have seen numerous specimens (and bid on a couple myself but never won any). So there'll be more for the patient.

Interesting grind, indeed.

Cheers
Ivo

It's a fairly common grind on older Torreys, Watervilles, and Korns, at least from what I can tell in the picture. It's one of my favorite grinds, as light as a full hollow but stiffer, and definitely not a frameback - framebacks have a much stiffer blade than that.

I have a Simmons with a similar grind (but also with a thumb notch and longer tail wohoo!) - just shaved with it and it is very stiff, indeed (almost as my Waterville and shaved better)

Cheers
Ivo