Thread: Vintage Shorter Straights?

Originally Posted by SemperFi

Here's a pre-1890 smiling 5/8 Sheffield I picked up a few months ago (little hone wear and has a nicely done tapered tang). She comes in at about 2-3/8" and will eventually make the trip up to Glen for a restoration.

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Lots of smaller ones come up at times.
The largest, a Rodgers, is really quite small!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

An unfortunate event can yield a sweet shortie!

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Tom, is that a pic of my shortie you did?

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Tom, is that a pic of my shortie you did?

Yes, Richard! The terrifyingly sharp thing is yours!

Originally Posted by RezDog

Dubl duck made a shorty called a dwarf. There are a few around that have been shortened too. There is a bunch of razors that are just made small too, and they are not corn razors.

I have a dwarf in great condition, it's a great shaver.

Moutin & Kirspel 3/8th 2 inches long

M, that's a honey of a little razor.

Go the 5/8" or less in the westerns or a lot of Jwest's are short
alternatively you could look for Corn razors for a shorter option also usually in the 2" long mark
corn razor

even smaller corn razor next to a 8/8"



or as Tom noted many a chipped toe has become a great shorty

Thiers Issard made a series of small razors in the 20's with an edge just over 2"... called them the "Baby" series. some old stock is available at a large Canadian men's grooming retailer for the time being

The Mab Co. sold "the famous mab dwarf razor" during the early 20th century. I've shaved with a few of them and love how maneuverable they are in and around the hollows of my neck. All the ones I've seen have a cutting edge between 2" and 2 1/2" at the most. I've had a few other short razors by wellknown makers, but this Mab brand seems to be completely dedicated to the idea. It's a well-known fact that Little Nelly Wick shaved 5 men in only 4 minutes and 42 seconds with one of these

Originally Posted by Skinflint

Any info as to some vintage makers of shorter straights?

Somewhere in the range of 2-1/4" to 2-1/2"

I have a little minature razor a beautiful little vintage blade it honed up a treat.