Thread: Larger Razors Lately, like 1 1/8" George Wostenholm & Son

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yes. It was reground at some point. Looks expertly done. They will lose the barber's notch during the process.
A bad boy. I like it!

so that would be 1/8 -3/16" or so then?

Originally Posted by edhewitt

so that would be 1/8 -3/16" or so then?

Seems about right. As they got them thinned out, the barber's notch had to go as there would be no support for the end of the blade. That one looks pretty thin.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Seems about right. As they got them thinned out, the barber's notch had to go as there would be no support for the end of the blade. That one looks pretty thin.

so not enough to account for in rough measurements (like i was using) but enough to look wrong

Originally Posted by edhewitt

so not enough to account for in rough measurements (like i was using) but enough to look wrong

Well, as you see that double-stabilizer, thin grind, and the squared end, it looks right for what it is, I suppose.
A hot-rodded old beast!

Originally Posted by ace

And it seems even larger because it has been shortened.

I thought it looked like it had been chopped.

i was thinking the same thing. just browsing ebay and saw so many choppers available

Originally Posted by llalm

i was thinking the same thing. just browsing ebay and saw so many choppers available

The same seller may have one other chopper for sale right now. They just sold two recently I think (one was a Greaves 17/16"). I think another seller had two 8/8" razors for sale at the same time.

I hope that had a crater of corrosion on it that it got butchered so badly.. Otherwise, how sad....

That lost a reasonable amount of length in the regrind, Wostenholm tended to favor less deep notches, but still... What made it so special was killed... Kind of like taking a Bullitt 68 Mustang GT, dropping a modern engine in it, putting tacky alloys on it and cutting holes in the doors for speakers. A lot of amazing wedges were ruined when hollows became the rage. I will say whoever did the stabilizers on this one did a really clean job. A lot of the time you encounter these, the stabilizers need to be relaxed a bit.

when i first saw the link i was thinking a shorty !!
i dont know about more bigger blades popping up but i think there is gonna be a Greaves 1" showing up on there soon ...lol