Thread: What is so bad about a frown?

Could you post an image or link to this swoosh razor you speak of?

I have one razor that has a slight frown to it. I know that over time and honings, it will have to be fixed. As of right now, it shaves fantastically, frown and all.

Originally Posted by unit

Could you post an image or link to this swoosh razor you speak of?

Behold, a smirking edge

Originally Posted by DFriedl

Isn't there both a smile and a frown present somewhere on most "swoosh" razors? Wouldn't one have to hone the frown part of the edge, too?

Swoosh?

1700's style - like this one, though, that's not a great example of what I'm talking about. http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...warranted.html I'll look around some more.

Here we go: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...tml#post674147

The first link has smiling blades (no frown except for a few that appear to have been too vigorously honed at the heel).

The second link does not work for me.

I'd be surprised if anyone ever intentionally built or ground any razor with a recurve or frown. It just wouldn't make any sense to my understanding of things....then again, there is a lot I dont know

Regarding the second link....yes, it could be honed, but with some difficulty.
I do not regard that as an example of what is normally referred to when discussing a "frown" in the edge of a blade. Most any edge can be honed if done on a convex surface where only a very small portion of the edge is in contact with the abrasive at any one time. If you want an example of this just take some sandpaper and wrap it around a broom stick. Then start honing on that. You will get the idea.

Looks like to hone that thing, if you actually wanted to shave with it , you would have to start heel first then rotate the tip forward during the stroke until the tip pointed in the opposite direction....man, that sounds more complicated typing than it did in my head.

By-the-by, is it the lighting in that shumate pic, or does that edge actually curl up in the center?