Thread: Fancy Bengall Dating Help and info please

Originally Posted by CtwoHsix0h

I wonder if that point was modified. It kind of looks like the toe was filed to a point.

Very little doubt about that.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Very little doubt about that.

Unless it IS a corn razor. Those things come in all kinds of crazy shapes. Look at the hone wear along the spine, see how it curves? I don't think that it has been modified. Also, fwiw, I think those scales are ivory. The pics in the Bengall club forum leave little doubt.

There's a lot of home wear, but it may have looked similar to this when new.

Thar it is AGAIN! BOTH of em!

This whole corn razor thing is grossing me out...

Originally Posted by ChopperDave

This whole corn razor thing is grossing me out...

I reckon shoes did not fit so good, back in the day!
Often wondered what the difference is between a corn and a bunion?

Mine's not a corn razor, actually. Just an oddball.

Originally Posted by appa69

Mine's not a corn razor, actually. Just an oddball.

Are you sure about that?

OK, I will bite......Some have speculated that it has been modded. I disagree. Look at the design of the toe. The hone wear encircles the obviously hollow grind in the middle and the deep etch lying down in it. Were it a shortened blade, or one which had been reshaped, this feature would not be there. You cannot 'grow' a spine which wraps around the toe on an obviously hollow ground razor(in the middle). It seems to be a sort of toe stabilizer. The tang is flowing shoulderless and has jimps and fancy features and is unusually long. Plenty of support for the blade, esp as short as it is.
Seems ruling out a medical instrument as jimps and fancy things would not be there.
A strange specimen. Hopefully, we can find out more?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Are you sure about that?

Maybe for someone with really big feet?