Thread: The Nimble Precisionists

Often overlooked, the smaller blades are still great when you need clear-cut, precise grooming, and now the time has come to remedy the neglection of these minuscule pieces. This is the place to post your pictures of blades 4/8 and smaller. So dig them out, let's see them, your slim slashers, your nimble nibblers, the humblest of your straight-cutters.

I'll take this opportunity to open the show with a 3/8 J. A. Hellberg of Eskilstuna, Sweden. It is a model 42 in vulkanite scales. It is a very nice shaver, surprisingly steady for it's size, and so small there is virtually no need for a coupe de maitre under the nose.






(the grayish film across the name stamp is just oil residue that I did not manage to wipe off thoroughly enough before taking the pics)


Next we have a 4/8 Klas Törnblom of Eskilstuna, Sweden, bone scales. It is 3/8 at the heel, 4/8 at the widest point. Like most swedish steel it takes a very keen edge and shaves great.