Thread: I think I've struck gold.

Wow - sounds like an amazing place he has there!

Re the blade taper, that's hone wear. Look at the spine above where the blade narrows. See how the flat part of the spine widens in the same area that the blade narrows? That indicates that whoever was honing this blade consistently added too much pressure to the toe, wearing down both spine and edge. If the edge was intentionally built to be a smiling blade, you could expect that the spine would follow a similar contour. Here there's a straight spine and a curving edge.

That's not to say that it can't be made into a good shaver. It just means that you'll want to send it to someone capable of dealing with a wonky blade.

You forgot to mention the adress, and when your grandfather is going on vacation? I think it's cool you still have a grandfather.. I never met one of them (he was german) and the other died whe I was young.. I own his skinning knife and 30.40 Craig though.

That's awesome! I have a couple razors from my grandfather as well. He gave me a few gillette DEs too. It's always nice to have something from a family member. I would send that razor to someone who deals with fixing hone wear like that. Happy shaving.