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03-26-2015, 08:45 PM #1Member
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This is probably a really stupid question, but I have a Greaves & Son Razor that is probably a regrind. Does this class as a bad thing to do, or a detriment to the blade?
I haven't had a chance to get it properly honed yet, but surely it should still shave fine?
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03-26-2015, 08:56 PM #2Senior Member
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Is it bad to have a razor that was a regrind? Absolutely not. That was a necessary thing to do to keep competitive with the German hollow grinds. People wanted a razor that was easy to keep honed and turned there wedges into hollow grounds. Plus I'm guessing that when the German hollow grinds came and cornered the market, the boys from Sheffield pulled every razor off there shelf that was a wedge and turned them into hollow grinds them selves, all to move the product.
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03-26-2015, 09:17 PM #3Senior Member
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Your's may be a regrind, but I have one and remeber doing some research and found that Greaves did make some hollow ground baldes. Unforturnatly I do not remeber where that info is.
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