Thread: Measuring blade width.. Entire blade or hone line to the edge?

What is the most widely accepted method of measuring the size of a blade?

From the edge to edge at the steels widest points or from the edge to the hone line on the spine?

Edge to edge is how I have always done it.

Otherwise I have a few really big, small wedges

Originally Posted by pfries

Edge to edge is how I have always done it...

Me too...

I've seen a few folks posting sizes "from the edge to hone line"

Originally Posted by MikekiM

Me too...

I've seen a few folks posting sizes "from the edge to hone line"

Top or bottom of the hone line

I will gage the width of hone wear from the top and bottom of the hone line,

and I will use the hone line for a measurement if I need to check the angle of the bevel for any reason.

Originally Posted by pfries

Top or bottom of the hone line

I will gage the width of hone wear from the top and bottom of the hone line,

and I will use the hone line for a measurement if I need to check the angle of the bevel for any reason.

Agreed

If your selling say on the bay,is the entire blade,top of spine to edge.Thats the american way of measuring.
Heribert Wacker contends, the true way is were the spine meets the stone to the blade edge.

Yes, I agree. It depends entirely on the purpose of the measurement.

But traditionally when someone says "I have a 5/8" razor, people take it to mean the whole blade, from top of the spine to the edge.

I do get what Wacker contends though - he's kinda talking about "net width" I suppose, whereas including the spine might be considered "gross width".

We don't really care too much about the length of a razor, but if we did I suppose an analogy might be including the tang as opposed to just the blade when reporting the length.

James.

I started to add something in here but it got so confusing to write that I got confused. I can sum it up by writing "What Jimbo wrote".

I think Herbert wacker said the 'only' way the measure a razor was from below the spine to the edge. German philosophy- didn't apply to to 'old really big wedge' I favor top to bottom measurement. YMMV

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Heribert Wacker contends, the true way is were the spine meets the stone to the blade edge.

you mean my 8/8 W&B is only a 7/8 no wonder i got for a steal
but that would also make my 4/8 closer to 3/8 & any 3/8 a toothpick nearly LOL