Thread: Ever seen one of these?

Originally Posted by Substance

that's bigger than Ben Hur
pro barbers razor heavy beard removal half hollow, then final clean up full hollow in one razor
nice concept wonder what the scales would have looked like if any to cove the blades ?????

You'd need something. The chances of getting through a session without dinging one side or another would be pretty slim.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

That is sharp! (no pun) I have an old Ben Hur slant DE. I may have a Ben Hur straight, I'm not sure. Here are a couple more photos from the listing. Really cool, but it is expensive and ........ you'd have to pay double to have it pro honed ! ..........

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Yeah, but you'd only have to get it done half as many times!

Looks like a heavy grind for first pass and hollow for clean up. I think stropping would be a problem. Regardless of the difficulties I want one. Might be fun to shave with granted that I don't remove parts from my face. Reminds me of a spear head with the point ground off.

Looks like a perfect Prison weapon.

Sure - I've seen those, my wife uses them in her garden....

Originally Posted by sharptonn

"Good for Barber"
"Good for Pro"!
"Good for Bill"!

All quotes taked from engrish.com

That's a very interesting piece. I'd be scared to strop it.

I spotted that on ebay as well. I reckon I'd be missing a couple of fingers if I owned that.

I saw either a picture or a patent of it the other day, cannot remember which. It is supposed to have two sets of scales like a balisong or butterfly knife, covering both blades when closed or one when the other one is in use.

Found it! These are from an Erik Anton Berg price list from 1896:

• 'Razor with double scaled blade. Etched steel shaft. (So-called "Tourist knife")'
• 'Razor with one edge exposed, as it is used for shaving.'

• 'Razor with both edges exposed.'

The Ben Hur trademark was registered to Friedrich Herkenrath, so my guess is that the razor for sale on eBay was a Solingen production for the Japanese market.