Thread: Yankee Cutlery "Lion Brand" Magnetized Damascus in Figural Scales

Wow they added everything into this razor when they made it
The name just keeps going

YANKEE CUTLERY CO "Lion Brand"
Trademark of Reichard until 1933, then of American Safety Razor
ca. 1903 - 1953


The grind caught my eye I have seen this only a couple of times on razors I would love to know if there is an actual name for this type of grind.. It looks as though someone used a 5/8 hollow grind stone set on a 6/8 razor leaving about 1/8 inch of the edge a bit heavier. Last one I saw like this was a Geneva also 6/8 and before that a few Sheffielders done like this...(You can really see it in the last pic)
I was sent this set of Figural Horse Head scales about a year ago, they had a bit of warp in them but I took that out using a wedged piece of wood some clamps and some gentle heat
I had noticed that even in the books the Lion Brand razors have some elaborate scales so I went for it on this razor...
BTW for you steel freaks out there, the steel does have some very faint wavy lines in it if you look at the bottom of the tang, they are also barely visible along the spine...So perhaps there is somthing to this "Damascus" stamping we see, I have noted this on a few of them but you really have to look for it...











Oh yeah it is staying in my stable

Gorgeous, gorgeous and gorgeous. Nuff said.

Woa, unique grind for sure! The scales isn't exactly my style, but it looks quite awesome anyway...
How did it shave?

The shave this morning was quite good... I used a Thuringen for a finisher playing it safe, and it paid off...
Honestly though, I think the steel will hold onto a Shapton 30k edge so when it needs a re-hone I will take it there and see

That is some beautiful work, it looks flawless.

Charlie

Nice, pretty nice.
I like scales.
Beautiful razor.
Angel.

I'm not usually big on the figured scales, but after seeing these I know the reason. I don't like them when they're all the same colour (like on Morley). These ones I like. There's a texture to them, over and above the design on the front scale.

That's a nice lookin' blade for sure Glen!

Cool link Oz, Makes for interesting reading

Great Link Oz, The double Concave mention in that patent, makes me think he is talking about what became the "Bellied Hollow" ...
The straight razor - Straight Razor Place Wiki

But I have some of those, and have honed even more, on this razor the edge is not hollowed ie: no double hollow grind the bottom 1/8 inch is closer to a wedge grind ????? There was a W&B that I am searching for the pics of, that had much the same grind it was stamped "Waldorf" IIRC I also saw a Genco/Geneva with this grind.. It really looks like they took a 6/8 razor and cut the hollow with a wheel sized to cut the hollow on a 5/8 razor leaving the bottom 1/8 inch

From reading more of the Patent, sections 25-30 about the "Hamburg Grind" that describes what I am seeing here, but that is not what I have seen on razors stamped "Hamburg" wooohooo another razor mystery

Originally Posted by gssixgun

From reading more of the Patent, sections 25-30 about the "Hamburg Grind" that describes what I am seeing here, but that is not what I have seen on razors stamped "Hamburg" wooohooo another razor mystery

That'd be right. More old cutler's tricks, just to keep us on our toes.