Thread: Honing of wedge blades for lathercatchers

I received a name of someone who does honing on straight razors awhile back so I could get someone to get a couple of the wedge blades shave-ready that are used with the old lather-catchers. I had some conversations with a guy who was willing to do them, but I've lost the name. Can anyone give me a name or two of someone who can do this? Thanks,
Cleave

wow..those dont look useable at all..

I was told by the honemeister whose name I've lost that the top two were definitely usable and that probably at least two of the others are also usable, but I don't have a clue.

I see three usable blades there, depending on where the safety guard is there may be one more.
Im sure they would be a pain to hone, having nothing to hang on to.

Good luck, Im sure someone will take them on.

Eric.

Originally Posted by epd

I see three usable blades there, depending on where the safety guard is there may be one more.
Im sure they would be a pain to hone, having nothing to hang on to.

Eric.

Much depends on the fit in the frame. I have done some Rolls Razor blades which were badly worn and they came up to be good shavers but it took hours as trying to keep the pressure even and both corners symmetrical can only be done using fingertips. I couldn't devise a good method to hang onto the little buggers.

Unless the razor/s has some special significance it won't be worth the cost.

Hi Cpool. Do you have the handle for these blades? They normally came with a bayonet holder. If not I can adapt a holder to hone these. Send me a PM at [email protected] if you are still interested. And they are time consuming to do correctly. Good luck
MIke

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A friend came up with this for the Wilkinson blades. An old Weck for disposable blades. It works well.
Yours look lots thicker at the spine, though!

Actually, they came with an attachment to the handle that you slip the spine of the blade into, thereby giving you a handle with which to hold them safely while honing and stropping them. If my pictures come through, you can see the stropping attachment in the first picture just above the razor in the box, and in the second picture, you'll see the stropping/honing attachment connected to the end of the handle (although they would normally unscrew the handle from the head to make it easier to work with.

Originally Posted by epd

I see three usable blades there, depending on where the safety guard is there may be one more.
Im sure they would be a pain to hone, having nothing to hang on to.

Good luck, Im sure someone will take them on.

Eric.

Uh, yes. Modine pointed that out. If One has no handle which came with the razor. What does One do?
The Wilkinsons are an "autostrop" type razor. They have wedge type blades. They come with no handle. No handle is needed for stropping. A handle must be improvised for honing.

Received my blades back from Mike (Modine)... what an excellent job he did for me on these!! Had my first shave with one this morning using my STAR "Victorian" lather-catcher razor and got an excellent, close shave. The feel of the blade was definitely different from the modern single-edge blades, but I believe it gave a closer shave even though I only did two WTG and one XTG pass. Getting the angle down was a little tricky but not too bad as I got no nicks or cuts. Very enjoyable shave from a 100+ year old razor and blade. Thanks again, Mike
Cleave