Thread: Big Joe Rodgers ...... The RAD was strong on this one ;-)

@ $655.00 I wonder who the "lucky winner" was ?

Item number:151015921008

Vintage Joseph Rogers Straight Razor | eBay

Wow... That's ridiculous.

One thing for sure, it seems to cast a giant show too. Sorta reminds me of this the way the blade drops way down from the spine.

Bob

hope the seller will enjoy a good meal with his wife for that price

Makes me wonder why razors of this size were ever produced, because they cannot seriously be as as good as a top quality 5/8 or 6/8 when it comes to doing the job, because if they were then why are the vast majority of razor not made in these sizes? were they a marketing ploy of the day? I wonder, they look very impressive all the same.

Jamie

Perhaps I have an answer, I talked with an old barber here, he is 85 year old today but still shave peoples if they want.
He said to me that when he was in activity from 1947 to mid 60', barbers uses big size blades because they have up to 50 customers a day and so each day they like to lap their straight on a stone so it was better to start with a big blade otherwise they need a new one each week.

I sure love those big blades. I started with a 5/8 for my first cut and I rember the first thing I thought of once I put it down. Someone must be making bigger and better razors out there somewhere.. Used a 5/8 for a week tell my 8/8 came in the mail and never looked back 8/8 9/8 10/8 bigger the better for me. Not sure if its just me but holding biger steel in the hands just feels better ..

That would certainly make sense if the spine on the much lager razor was twice as thick as the 5/8 or 6/8 equivalent because lets say you lapped a 8/8 and a 6/8 everyday the hone wear on the spines of both would be exactly the same, and the angle of the bevel on both razors would eventually be so off, if as the Barber said they were lapping them everyday, but maybe they were using extremely fine Barbers hones this may take many years of lapping to see any real noticeable hone wear.

Jamie

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Makes me wonder why razors of this size were ever produced, because they cannot seriously be as as good as a top quality 5/8 or 6/8 when it comes to doing the job, because if they were then why are the vast majority of razor not made in these sizes? were they a marketing ploy of the day? I wonder, they look very impressive all the same.

Jamie

They were Produced to be the finest shavers on the planet),my 10/8.love this sucker.

Originally Posted by Chrissss

Perhaps I have an answer, I talked with an old barber here, he is 85 year old today but still shave peoples if they want.
He said to me that when he was in activity from 1947 to mid 60', barbers uses big size blades because they have up to 50 customers a day and so each day they like to lap their straight on a stone so it was better to start with a big blade otherwise they need a new one each week.

Actually most barbers used 5/8s and 6/8s razors. it was only the real old timers who learned with the big blades who held on to them.

Most barbers sent their razors out for honing. it was the old timers who tended to do the work themselves.