Thread: # 14

@ matt789: thanks for sharing that nice # 14.

New # 14 brand to me as well.

What strikes me looking at that Emeraude is that it seems more "straight" than the usual # 14 typical "double swipe" profile.

Does it come with crerrations on top and bottom part of the shank as all # 14's I know do?

Very interesting razor indeed.

Kindest regards, Jazor.

@Jazor:
I have a early Monserat Pou (of course #14) with identic box like your Palmera box

Originally Posted by zozo

@Jazor:
I have a early Monserat Pou (of course #14) with identic box like your Palmera box

Which one.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Which one.

With eagle in the tag

It has jimping on the top and bottom of the tang.

@ zozo: it would be nice if you can place a few pictures in this topic?

@ matt789: jimping it's called? OK, I learnt something. So far any # 14 I came across has this feature, no matter which brand. For sure someone will place a picture in this topic to prove the exception to this rule over time.

Kindest regards, Jazor.

One thing I have wonderd about,the number 14,what do's it mean,they can be 7/8,15/16,8/8
Filly 13s can also be 7/8,so the number cannot denote blade size,just what do the numbers meen?
is there a 15? have asked the question of the experts about japanese westerns,666,665.1210s
Have never gotten an answere.

@ pixelfixed: you put your finger on the # 14 mystery I'd say.

The closest I can get to a common denominators so far are:

- the "double swipe" profile,

- the "jimping" or "cerrations" on both sides of the shank,

- the # 14 stamped into the blade somewhere (shank or tang),

- the full hollow grind.

They come in many sizes, they even come in various shapes (spike, round nose, etc) and many brands.

This is the reason why I started this topic originally: to show how many brands and iterations of the # 14 there are.


Kindest regards, Jazor.

On the other hand,many razors have those same features sans the # 14 of course.
One feature they do share is they are very heavy in the tang shank,Perhaps this was to denote wgt?
such as the W&Bs stamped for Barbers use,Perhaps back in the day a barber would place an order for 3 fillys with the razor salesman by saying he wanted two 12s,a 13 and three 14s,something I have always wondered about,those numbers meen something,just do not know what for sure.

I think the #14 is "just a number". It defines a whole series of so-called Roh-Klinge, in other words Raw-Blades that still needed to be ground and sharpened. Just like car models, the #14 may have had straight lines over time and sway-back lines like the ones we like most. Numbering by itself is a way of defining a model I guess. Earlier on the Sheffield blades got names to distinguish them. In Sweden, Heljestrand also had MK and then a number to define its model. I have 4 #14's in my rotation and they all perform well. The Peyres that I posted earlier is the 5th. It's still one of the best shaving blades I have ever put to my face...