Thread: Frameback

What do you guys think would be a reasonable price for this Frederick Reynolds?

As is I would pay any where from 20 to 50 dollars depending on my mood and pocket book! If you doll it up a bit I think 100 or above depending on workmanship!

Oh, thats not actually a frameback! I've heard Gary call them hump backs, and on some of these razors, on the blade will be etched "the celebrated concave grind" or something to that effect!

I've got two of those in the 5/8ths range... I got them on ebay for $20 or less but if restored by someone like Traveller, I'd pay around $130 without batting an eyelash... they are really sweet razors. $20 - $50 would not seem to unreasonable though I might hold out for a $20 one. On the other hand, 7/8" sized ones have gone through the roof on Ebay.....<sigh>.

Regards

Christian

This one in the photo looks like a 5/8 to me, right?

Originally Posted by RayG

This one in the photo looks like a 5/8 to me, right?

That would be my guess!

Yupp, 5/8ths'ish. Mind you, it's the first one I've seen that does not have faux Tortoise scales.

Regards

Christian

Originally Posted by JMS

Oh, thats not actually a frameback! I've heard Gary call them hump backs, and on some of these razors, on the blade will be etched "the celebrated concave grind" or something to that effect!

I think I should have been more clear on my meaning in the original post here so I am editing:

Humpback actually refers to the tang when it has a huge hump between the pivot and where the blade starts. Wish I could draw a diagram. This IS a frameback, but would not be called a "true" frameback by some, since there are two kinds- the true framebacks actually have a separate piece of metal attached as the frame while the "fake" ones are one piece that has been ground/molded that way (also called a concave grind). This is how I've come to understand things. As for age of either style, I have heard both that true framebacks are older as well as that concave grinds are older and therefore the "original" frameback style starter. I have my own opinion based on my own and other's experience's, but won't comment more on which I think is an "older" style since I don't think anyone "actually" knows.

Originally Posted by Philadelph

I think I should have been more clear on my meaning in the original post here so I am editing:

Humpback actually refers to the tang when it has a huge hump between the pivot and where the blade starts. Wish I could draw a diagram. This IS a frameback, but would not be called a "true" frameback by some, since there are two kinds- the true framebacks actually have a separate piece of metal attached as the frame while the "fake" ones are one piece that has been ground/molded that way (also called a concave grind). This is how I've come to understand things. As for age of either style, I have heard both that true framebacks are older as well as that concave grinds are older and therefore the "original" frameback style starter. I have my own opinion based on my own and other's experience's, but won't comment more on which I think is an "older" style since I don't think anyone "actually" knows.

Gary, aka Traveller knows!