Thread: Jimps origin

Here is another oldie. A French razor with jimps.

Here is an old Clayton maybe late 1700s to 1810. It would be very easy to cut yourself with a modern grip.

Ah! Gorgeous! Both very old and have jimps! Fantastic! Thanks Hacker!! Awesome!

Well really the way jimps happened is because back in the old days razors were used as weapons and when you slit someone's throat and took a real deep cut all that blood would come spurting out and the jimps help channel the blood away from you.

I understand Jack the Ripper was a real fan of those jimps.

Har har.

I think it was Neil Miller that told me the early razor makers did those jimps by hand, and they did them quickly. Amazing skill because they are so uniform.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I think it was Neil Miller that told me the early razor makers did those jimps by hand, and they did them quickly. Amazing skill because they are so uniform.

Not even just the early ones, they were cut by hand for a long time. In fact, they still do sometimes. Here's a video of files being made, you can see almost the same process. It's quite fast if you know what you're doing.

https://youtu.be/gvr2nZeAfNc?t=330

Originally Posted by GabrielMartin

Thats very interesting and very wise, would also explain why most stamps are worn so.
Thanks Hacker!

That kind of wear is just age, regrinding, bad stampings in the first place, etc. The fingers aren't enough to cause that kind of wear.