Thread: Regrinding Blues

The hone wear on one side was even. There was significant difference between the two sides.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Six of One, Half Dozen of another..

I am not one to abide spine wear myself, don't like it, so of course I think the razor is in better shape now that being said you could have gone either way with this razor as the old spine wear was actually very even..

It is after all your razor and your face so it is ultimately your decision

looks great & came up a real treat

must admit I loved the original, not sure what was wrong with the bevels, I think this cult of the unseen bevel must be a OCD thing I definatetly haven't got LOL

its like a face lift on a 100 year old pin up model, it will just never look the same & not really required JMHO

that baby would have been neetsfoot soaked, lightly poished & honed as is for me,
must admit but my 8/8 W&B has nearly no hone wear luckily so never been in that position to choose & definately don't have the skills yet to do it either.

either way, how much blade if any did you lose with the regrind is it still 8/8, as it looks narrower than the original in the heel & toe area or was reshaped also slightly?

Originally Posted by Substance

either way, how much blade if any did you lose with the regrind is it still 8/8, as it looks narrower than the original in the heel & toe area or was reshaped also slightly?

I was wondering same. Sorta looks like an eighth was lost in the pics. Anyway, you have a brand-new razor from what was underneath the old hunk of wedge. It looks sweet! How does it shave?

Tom,
You know, it shaves a lot like my other razors, it is just way heavier and I payed for not recognizing this fact on the first shave. And you don't have to wipe the lather on the sponge (my style) nearly as often as with my narrower razors. Other than those two observations it is kind of fun, and feels great in the hand. Counterintuitively feels like a precision instrument.

Shape stayed the same mostly, it went from 8/8 to 15/16ths....I tried to sharpen the razor when I cleaned it up with many layers of tape, so many that it actually did not feel like honing at all, felt like something different.

Originally Posted by Substance

looks great & came up a real treat

must admit I loved the original, not sure what was wrong with the bevels, I think this cult of the unseen bevel must be a OCD thing I definatetly haven't got LOL

its like a face lift on a 100 year old pin up model, it will just never look the same & not really required JMHO

that baby would have been neetsfoot soaked, lightly poished & honed as is for me,
must admit but my 8/8 W&B has nearly no hone wear luckily so never been in that position to choose & definately don't have the skills yet to do it either.

either way, how much blade if any did you lose with the regrind is it still 8/8, as it looks narrower than the original in the heel & toe area or was reshaped also slightly?

Originally Posted by WW243

I honed it up with many layers of tape, so many that it actually did not feel like honing at all, felt like something different.

I know your feeling, I have a wedge I honed with 5 layers didn't feel right honing it,
it does shave ok but the angles feel off when I shave with it, so now I have it back in the honing line up & going to take it back to my standard 1 layer of tape, so no more small bevel for sure on it then.

Yeah. 5 layers is too much, IMO. After 3, things get iffy!

2 layers is perfectly acceptable and going to 1 may take a year on the hone :<0) I start with 3 sometimes on big wedges but no more. If your that thin at the spine and thick at the bevel maybe start thinking regrind. I tried taking one to a true wedge once. That was the dumbest idea I ever had.

Originally Posted by Substance

I know your feeling, I have a wedge I honed with 5 layers didn't feel right honing it,
it does shave ok but the angles feel off when I save with it, so now I have it back in the honing line up & going to take it back to my standard 1 layer of tape, so no more small bevel for sure on it then.

Here's big one that was reground a long time ago. 7/8 plus a bit.

Pretty close to a modern full hollow now. Shaves very nicely.

Just a question to all,
how can you tell if a blade has been reground especially old blades
I have an old W&B 8/8 thats probably half hollow that looks like a factory grind to me


and a very thin belly ground hollow 6/8 W&B the most Hollow ground W&B I have seen but all looks the same


fair enough bad grinding that doesn't look factory can be spotted but if it is all even & matches the tang grind lines,
how would you tell if this is original or reground 100 years ago ???