Thread: PRC Hydra

OK, so you are saying that the "vee" existed before Alex Jacques started doing it? In other words, is it OK for me to rip it off occasionally without feeling guilty? I always considered that to be a sort of signature motif that would be kind of obnoxious to imitate.

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

The small 45 degree grind at the end of the spine is quite rightly called a 'grob' as you sar, Ed.

However this old name existed before our dear Kenneth (Hawley) did.

Ken came across it when he interviewed the venerable Billie Hukin, last employed at J & W wraggs at the Little London Works in the 1970s, though Ken interviewed him after he retired. Billie was famed for being the last razor grinder in Sheffield.

Regards,
Neil

This is true, I got the info from the PDF file of the interview I probably should have sited my references better, I will try harder next time then I might get an A . It is a pretty good document and all of the hand sketches are nice too.

Originally Posted by Orville

Not offended at all, and it's mine. See my comment about it up above. I am willing to chalk it up to the rush to fill orders quickly. Am I happy about it? Not especially, but I can take some polish to it later if it really starts to grate on my nerves. The bevel is clean as a whistle and laser straight as per my loupe examination, so I am willing to let the cosmetics ride . . . the shave is the thing.





I like it, mostly because it is Maple, and thus satisfies my inherent need for a "Canadian" link. Could it be something to do with the width of the stock? Perhaps the stiffness of the wood? I am guessing that it isn't, but I truly would not know, one way or the other.



Razor is a Spanish Point. The "vee" I am talking about is visible in the third razor pic. Top of the toe, on the spine.



Tomorrow night. One thing I will add is this . . . someone mentioned the shortness of the upper jimps in another thread. For my hands, it works out perfectly when I have two fingers on that side of the scales. The jimps sit just under the curve of the forefinger, so I am quite happy with them as is. Lucky me, to have such fat fingers.

Ok I see what you mean now, the grob is notched when viewed from above, sort of like a forked tongue

Originally Posted by edhewitt

This is true, I got the info from the PDF file of the interview I probably should have sited my references better, I will try harder next time then I might get an A . It is a pretty good document and all of the hand sketches are nice too.

Never mind, Ed, have a C for trying hard. Will not so accomodating next rime, though...

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by feltspanky

I know these PRC post are making those sitting in the control tower nervous an on edge.

Like Tom I am not really sure what you mean, Scott posted here early on and received constructive criticism and encouragement from memory.
I don't think anything that has been said here is controversial, some like the esthetic and some don't, the OP likes the razor but has reservations about certain aspects of it.
I think people have been honest but fair.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Whenever I see that on a razor, I figure it is due either to ignorance or laziness.

Same outcome. It puts undue stress on the pivot & the blade closes too deeply into the scales, generally speaking.

I just enlarged the pic and looked at the tip again (still got a bit of double vision, dammit) anb that is not a grob. A grob is a flat 45 degree grind to the end of the spine at the tip. This one is a simple curvature like you would find on a round tip (although this has a kind of Spanish hollow tip) with a little groove ground into the curve.

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Same outcome. It puts undue stress on the pivot & the blade closes too deeply into the scales, generally speaking.

Can you explain this, please? How can it add stress to the pivot?

To me, the only way a blade is too deep is if the edge is protruding out the other side of the scales, but what do I know?

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

I just enlarged the pic and looked at the tip again (still got a bit of double vision, dammit) anb that is not a grob. A grob is a flat 45 degree grind to the end of the spine at the tip. This one is a simple curvature like you woul find on a round tip (although this has a kind of Spanish hollow tip) with a little groove ground into the curve.

Regards,
Neil

If it helps, I will try and take a better picture tomorrow.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I am sure Samuel Taylor Coleridge would have appreciated the Freudian slip

You may well be ancient, Ed, but a mariner you are not as far as I know...

Just don't go shooting any albatrosses, though...just to be on the safe side.

Regards
Neil