Thread: Camouflaged Greaves

I guess my objection with the razor in the OP's pic is strictly aesthetic. To me the chunky tang and stubby tail look at odds with the regrind.

Originally Posted by WW243

Tom/ScienceGuy, what is 'an old' regrind? Where is the cut off? Is the cut off when they stopped making straight razors, or further back? As you know Tom, I have an old regrind and it is top drawer all the way.

Depends how you define old... razor (re)grinding has been a business since as long as razors were in popular use, and I would venture that regrinding has been going on more or less continuously (and with varied skill), but the amount of regrindings taking place fluctuates, especially with the decline and recent resurgence in popularity of straights. Highly hollow grinds became popular in the late 1800s, initially a lot of the talent was centered in Germany and Sheffield was a bit lagged to catch up. I imagine that's when a lot of older razors were ground to a more modern hollow.

Thanks for pointing that out. What a pity !

It IS quite interesting that razors which were reground a century ago (Presumably like the one in the OP) and still have little honewear since the regrind, seem fairly common still. I think they were easier to hone and maintain and then were used somewhat until Gillette and war broke out. I think being reground turns off some.
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