Thread: Looking for a bigger blade... thoughts on this?

Good luck with it! Get it honed up and have fun.

will do! pretty pumped.

If I'm not mistaken , those scales are dyed horn , not celluloid . Congrats !

Originally Posted by dave5225

If I'm not mistaken , those scales are dyed horn , not celluloid . Congrats !

Thank you for the note. Im not sure what dyed horn is, but I will check it out!

The horn was dyed to imitate tortise shell .

Ahh haaa... I just found it as your post popped up. Thanks!

Looks like you got it, as the auction is now ened at the opening bid.
Seems like a good razor to me - the blade is in good shape without hone wear and I think it's not reground either.
The scales are horn, dyed to look like tortoise as it was fashionable back then. Basically the uncolored horn is the tan part, and the dye is the brown blotches. Celluloid looks different even oh photographs (ant turtle shell as well)

Thank you. It is good to hear that it isnt a bad purchase. We will see when I get it how great of condition it really is.

Originally Posted by razorguy

For that price, it sounds a bargain. And, by the way, it is a Wostenholm, that is a revered producer of the past and still one of the best razors around (in my opinion). The grind seems to be a quarter or half hollow and, I don't know whether you are a beginner or not, in case you are, a spike point is not probably the best choice (a round point certainly is easier to use).
However the spike is not a problem as long as you are aware of it. I would buy that razor for sure.
It is such a pity they cannot ship to Italy or I would bid on that! :-)

Yes it is a Wostenholm, but it is not an I*XL. That would be George and this one is John.

Not to worry, John W's "EBRO" razors are great razors too.

Originally Posted by Wullie

Yes it is a Wostenholm, but it is not an I*XL. That would be George and this one is John.

Not to worry, John W's "EBRO" razors are great razors too.

Isn't it Joseph Wostenholm.