Thread: Sheffield's and hone wear

Is it jsut me, or are like 90% of razors from Sheffield honed to death. they all look like some one took them to a concrete side walk.

Is there something im missing when i look at these things, or are most of them just honed-out

90% of what you are seeing may have a lot of hone wear, doesn't mean 90 % of the Sheffields do. You can search SRP & find many that have little to no hone wear. If your looking at Ebay, remember most great looking Sheffields are held on to, & your seeing what is currently available.

Also, when these Sheffields were produced, it may have been the only razor in that family, passed done several times. There were less hones to choose from to maintain them.

Just my thoughts.

It also depends on your definition of excessive hone wear. Some people might consider 1/16" of hone wear honed to death, while others, even with 1/8" at the spine might be manageable. Many sheffield razors, especially older ones, had shallower grinds and long working lives, so tended to have larger areas of wear. This really doesn't affect shaving performance so long as geometry is reasonably maintained. They're just harder to hone, so they were often reground.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

90% of what you are seeing may have a lot of hone wear, doesn't mean 90 % of the Sheffields do. You can search SRP & find many that have little to no hone wear. If your looking at Ebay, remember most great looking Sheffields are held on to, & your seeing what is currently available.

Also, when these Sheffields were produced, it may have been the only razor in that family, passed done several times. There were less hones to choose from to maintain them.

Just my thoughts.

Ah, that reminds me of the story of blind men in an indian village when an elephant passed through. They decided they would like to know what it was like, so they went and touched it. The one who touched its tail declared elephants were like a rope. His friend had touched the leg and argued that elephants were like towers. One had touched the ear and told the others they were wrong, elephants were like fans... and so on.

Guess it all depends on your representative sample as to the opinion you form. I have succumbed to this trap myself - I thought all women were nice and kind and sweet natured like my mother, then I got married...

Regards,
Neil

Neil, my friend, I roared with laughter reading your post. How true, indeed.

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

- I thought all women were nice and kind and sweet natured like my mother, then I got married...

Neil you have to look at it positively, you gained a mother in law out of that deal!

Originally Posted by Daekkon

Is it jsut me, or are like 90% of razors from Sheffield honed to death. they all look like some one took them to a concrete side walk.

Is there something im missing when i look at these things, or are most of them just honed-out

Interesting point of view, hone wear is not always a bad thing, you must be looking for NOS Sheffield razors. From time to time i look at Ebay France wanna see some wickedly frowed razors have a peek, a lot of them look like boomerangs....

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

- I thought all women were nice and kind and sweet natured like my mother, then I got married...

Regards,
Neil

ROTLMAO, I have an Ex to to prove your point.

Bob

Originally Posted by Martin103

Neil you have to look at it positively, you gained a mother in law out of that deal!

I like your style, Martin! In fact, I feel a song coming on...

To illustrate Martin's last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark,
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark?
Man, they said, we better

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with mister inbetween....

nah, its not working...

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

I thought all women were nice and kind and sweet natured like my mother, then I got married...

Great post! I got a good chuckle out of it. But I have to say, the opposite was true in my case! Even though I do still love my mother. She doesn't have such a kind nature. My wife thankfully, puts up with a lot from me thanks to her kind and sweet nature... There is all kinds in this wide world.