Thread: My Definition of a Custom Razor

Originally Posted by UKRob

So going back to my Mastro Livi analogy - if I go along to his workshop and specify a 6/8" damascus, full hollow with french point and mommoth scales and watch in awe as he pounds the metal - that makes it a custom. However, if after writing down my requirements, he takes me into his retail area and says here's one I already made (in that exact specification) it cannot be a custom by definition - because it was not custom made for me.

I think that just about ties things up nicely.

Depends on the 'mommoth', Rob... Is it a giant moth (mother of a moth, aka mom-moth)...?

Only joking! Good point, really - and correct too, in my estimation. How could something already made be made with you in mind? If there was nothing else like it, it would be a custom, yet not customised for you, the customer.

Mike: I don't give a fig about how the term is used in relation to other disciplines. all I know is what the word means, and what it does not mean. with Geezers post in mind - QED.

Regards,
Neil