Thread: Framebacks. Love em or hate em?

Love my Wade & Butcher frameback. Beautiful shaver.

Pete <:-}

I only have one in the rotation - love it!

I love them. I've got a very old Wostenholm frameback which is one of my best shaving razors. It never seems to ever need honing. I've also got a custom Brian Brown frameback that I had him make for me as a modern interpretation of the Mappin Lancet Edge.

Well I don't hate 'EM but I don't love 'em either. I prefer a more traditional look.

Originally Posted by Steel

Well I don't hate 'EM but I don't love 'em either. I prefer a more traditional look.

Yea, pretty well sums it up for me too. They are not as aesthetically pleasing to my eye as the traditional blades and look, to me, like they are cheaply made. By cheaply made I do not mean inferior materials just quicker and easier to mass produce by their design. I can't fault their ability to give superb shave though.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Yea, pretty well sums it up for me too. They are not as aesthetically pleasing to my eye as the traditional blades and look, to me, like they are cheaply made. By cheaply made I do not mean inferior materials just quicker and easier to mass produce by their design. I can't fault their ability to give superb shave though.

Bob

Actually, I found out for the most part that this is a supposed myth, they are actually more expensively made and tend towards higher quality razors, as to put the various parts together, the sometimes mixing of various metals, take considerably more craftsmanship than the single blades...

Originally Posted by Phrank

Actually, I found out for the most part that this is a supposed myth, they are actually more expensively made and tend towards higher quality razors, as to put the various parts together, the sometimes mixing of various metals, take considerably more craftsmanship than the single blades...

Could be, I just thought it would be easier to and quicker to grind a flat blade and clamp a spine to it than grind a traditional hollow ground razor. There has to be a manufacturing advantage somewhere or why do it. Been wrong before though.

Bob

I have several framebacks, Sheffield, Swedish and Japanese and love them all. IMO, bevel angles are a major consideration when honing them..

Originally Posted by Bayamontate

I have several framebacks, Sheffield, Swedish and Japanese and love them all. IMO, bevel angles are a major consideration when honing them..

Do you feel the angle is too steep when using tape? I've noticed that the framebacks from sweden with stamped spines have their honewear lines directly beneath the lettering. I'm wondering it this was intentionally designed as such?

Love em...... that's all I have to say about that.