Thread: Odd spine. Removed or made this way?

I have seen loads like this - I have a seven day set as you can see in the link you provided, and loads of similar ones have passed through my hands. Like I said before, they were made like that, in other places than Sweden like Germany and America.

They are not the result of regrinding a faulty razor.

Furthermore, this 'guard' design is not a frameback - framebacks have a spine that is permanently attached to the scales - the pivot pin goes through it. The blades are held by this spine (or frame - hence 'frame-back') by some sort of mechanism like a small screw up front of a spring mechanism. It is very inconvenient to hone the blade at the right angle without the frame, hence the blade was kept in the frame for honing.

The frame-back was made this way intentionally, it is not an adaptation to a faulty razor.

The other type, very popular in Sweden at one time were the opposite to this concept. The razor blade and tang were ground in near or true wedge grinds, and a disposable tube with a slit in the length was slid over what should have been the spine. This however was the 'luxury' model compared to its more basic sibling where the blade and tang appear to have been stamped out of a thin bit of metal, the spine tube being slid on after. These had to honed with the sleeve, which, often being of a softer metal, wore at a faster rate than the blade. However, they were meant to be replaceable, so no worries.

These 'tube-frames' or whatever you want to call them were intentionally made this way - they are not the result of adapting a flawed razor.

Regards,
Neil

Here is a pic of one (Baxxers):-



So, not really a frame-back at all.