Thread: w&b ?

is this what this razor is supposed to look like or is it two razors made into on? here is the auction to help better understand. thanks.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEBTOX:IT&i tem=190199973500&_trksid=p3984.cTODAY.m238.lVI

I think it looks like one razor that was broken and then fitted with a large part of another. I haven't seen a spine angled like that before either.

also the ebay listing says that it is copper plated but im not sure that it is and if it is is it good to shave with a copper blade?

insane razor isn't it
i have no idea what is this, but it does look like some sort of copper plating. i have no interest in bidding but it's an interesting curiosity, as to what has been done to a razor...

it is a very interesting blade which is why i was considering it but the fact that it was possible that it might have been two blades made into one turned me away from it. but very cool looking.

I got out bid

Sorry DenMason but since I don't pay any attention to e-bay names I am the guilty party.
And yes the razor is two metals welded together. And a great job was done by whomever did it. I am in the process of trying to get it shave ready and it sure seems to be taking an edge, the copper is a plating but it does delineate the line of the two metals.
I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before.
Ted

Since the spine is not continuous, how the heck do you hone it?

Actually the edge of the spine where the hone hits is the same on both portions of the razor, after I applied tape to the razor I could see a continuous ridge of the same height and the little I've honed it proves this to be the case. I'll let you know how it works out.
Ted

I attempted to reply to this thread once before regarding the copper coating but something happened and I just left it.

The copper coating is very likely just a simple copper wash which can be done with nothing more than with copper sulfate crystals dissolved in water and rubbed onto the steel with a cloth. Some tape to mask off areas you don't want coated with copper and a steady hand with an artists knife could cut such a pattern quite quickly.

Copper sulfate solution was used in many machine shops in the old days to coat steel for doing layouts before further machining as you could use a scratch awl instead of pen or pencil to mark centers for drilling and others such needs. Todays machinists will use such delightful smelling chemicals as Dykem Steel blue..... man, I'd wear that as a cologne!

Regards

Christian