Thread: Hone of the Day

Originally Posted by caccia

These are all Engstrom frame backs and a newer mined coticule that puts a smooth edge on for me.Probably la grise?

Sweet razors!

Would like to see close up pictures and maybe one from the side, but I heard a lot of currently sold Cotis are coming from the La Grise layer

Pretty plain looking coticule.I believe the seller said he thought it was a lgj but I think he was going by looks?

Quite a collection of coticles caccia! I very much like your antique one's! Very nice sir, Great eye!

Originally Posted by Toroblanco

Quite a collection of coticles caccia! I very much like your antique one's! Very nice sir, Great eye!

Here is an older glued combo coticule with a newspaper liner and an 1829 date written on it.

Damn! Now that is old! By the looks, it was taken care of for being almost 190 years at least by the newspaper date. Thanks for posting!

Originally Posted by caccia

Pretty plain looking coticule.I believe the seller said he thought it was a lgj but I think he was going by looks?

Very hard to tell going by on the lower res forum pictures , I will guide you to http://www.coticule.be/clinic.html where they can give you a good guess

As I mentioned in another thread, a few months back I obtained a few lots of razors from eBay with the idea of learning to restore them. Overtime got in the way and it isn't going anywhere soon, but I at least wanted to hone the ones that didn't need any other attention.

This is an Elliott Feather Weight.

The scales are rough but usable. No rust on the blade...as far as I'm concerned this one is ready to go back into a shaving rotation.

It honed quickly. It felt like the heel/toe areas wanted a bit more attention but came along nicely.

A few oldies headed to the Norton 4/8. I worked a looooong time on the French frameback clearing chips and setting the bevel. Some HARD steel!

I love those framebacks.

One of these days I'm going to get a 7 day set of them and do all of my stropping once a week.

Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan

I love those framebacks.

One of these days I'm going to get a 7 day set of them and do all of my stropping once a week.

This one is pretty cool, Sonny. Has a Damascus pattern on the blade, A Le Collier a Nogent No 10 Le Royal Razor. Sold by Curley Bros of NY who began in the 1880's.
Plenty old, judging by the horn scales, collarless silver peens, and crazy original coffin.