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Was wondering if anyone else spotted this one.
It just seems like it's got a bit of hone wear in the last picture, but it's not to clear...
VINTAGE JOSEPH ROGERS & SONS STRAIGHT RAZOR L@@K - eBay (item 270720627175 end time Mar-22-11 13:14:00 PDT)
item number: 270720627175
Looks like a fair bit of hone ware and about a 8th off the cutting edge (not shortened)
Looks like they copied a DePews razor. They are fun razors & quite unique...
There is a lot of hone wear, and will be more, when the nicks are worked out.
As Shooter mentioned it is just like a Depews razor. Henry Sears also made a nearly identical version. Anybody know of others?
Ed
quicknicker
I've seen a joseph rodgers with a double-swoop long tail as well, i.e., for two fingers to rest in them.. I'll see if I can dig up a pic...I think I saved it somewhere.
I owned it that Rodgers. I'll dig up a pic, but it wasn't like that.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/DSC01821.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/DSC01819.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/DSC01816.jpg
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That Rodgers in the link is basically a Depews.
They are disappointingly small, tiny in fact. Absolutely awful (for me) to shave with as its cutting edge is rather short, but worse there is insufficient room to hold the razor by its tang due to its extended tail, so you end up wrapping or trying to wrap your fingers around the tail which is awkward and uncomfortable - for me anyway. Depews 'perfect razor' in my opinion is anything but, the Rodgers employing the same design. Another bad point is the scales are wider than the tang, making it a chore to strop.
Anyway, this will likely go for a fair bit as people seem to love the concept of the long tail for either collectibility or for shaving with, and in the event of the latter they do not seem to acknowledge how impractical it is to use, or its substantially smaller than average size.
Just advising if you do intend to purchase it for shaving, beware of its size - or lack of it. It would probably cool if it corresponded to the normal dimensions of a 5-6/8, but in my opinion it would be better suited to the removal of corns.
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I just got a custom Robert Williams that has a huge monkey tail.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=320666979217
So, wait...Quote:
Originally Posted by Scipio
Just to be clear, are you saying you don't like them?
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While Ive been fortunate enough never to have had a corn to remove, I can not qualify if they are any good. However, for shaving I feel it is a misrepresentation and unfit for purpose. I don't even know if they were ever intended for shaving or not - they share more qualities with a corn razor than a straight.Quote:
Originally Posted by HNSB
I have one just like it. It's not exactly one of my favorites. It is more difficult to hold on to while shaving because of the long tail and shorter blade. It takes some getting used to. I also have a Williams with the long tail but it's easier to use because the blade is normal length.
Williams' slightly longer monkey tails are very nice, they really make it nice to shave with a 1/4 grind.
R
I love how mine shaves. Yes, i is much smaller than you think (tail to toe is the same as a standard razor, so that gives you perspective), so it takes some getting used to. But I loved how she shaved.
Mine is a De Pews that Max restored for me.
If it weren't for the depews, (I bought one just to get some ideas from) I wouldn't have been inspired to make these:
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I was thinking the same thing . I have a Depew , but I never honed , or shaved with it for that reason .Quote:
Originally Posted by Scipio
I had one which took an average edge and gave a respectable shave. I have never experienced a corn razor's edge, having never seen one in fact, and do not know if they can take an edge worthy of a wet shave. If they can, there's no evidence to my knowledge which would act contrary to me inferring due to the Depew's design that they were intended to be used for corns. Microtomes apparently give good shaves also but there it known to many that shaving was not why they were created.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave5225
