Thread: Horizontal stabilizer? Secondary spine?

This interesting razor just got sold. Thomas W. Ward & Co.

Any info about this grind? Might be challenging to hone.

That’s certainly uncommon. I’ll be wanting to hear from others on this.

Broke the blade on the grinder, MIG welded it back together, ground the weld partway down???

I've not seen that grind before...wow! It is a variation of the Rattler type grind and a kin of the fullered blade offered by a few manufacturers.It was most likely ground with a two wheel grinder with shaped narrow wheels.
JMO
~Richard

I was going to say a regrind of a fuller wedge. It’s an odd one for sure.

I have seen that grind somewhere on this forum before but for the life of me can't remember where or what it is called. If it was a regrind of a fuller wedge, would the engraving/etching still be on the concave upper part? Early version of a bellied hollow? Also it looks to have heavy hone wear on the spine and longitudinal stiffener. Interesting indeed.

Bob

How about "double concave" as in post #4 here https://straightrazorpalace.com/razo...ke-before.html .

Bob

I've got a Tally Ho with the same grind. Mine is not the most perfect example as not all who did the grinding on these were equal in skill.
From what I've read, they were often older wedges that received a regrind makeover, so to have more appeal to the buyer.. Manufacturers were always trying to...

I've heard different names. One of which was the double concave. You can do a search and see, Tom has some amazing ones from what I remember, there was a thread on this grind..
Double Swaged, Double Concave, etc.
I'll post a pic of mine later as I'm at work now.

I do see this one that may be the same without the hone wear from post 175: https://straightrazorpalace.com/razo...ns-set-18.html

@altus calls it bellied hollow

Oh that's a beauty! Love the scales.
Sometimes they have a single concave regrind where the lower half is left a wedge. Sometimes double, I think I remember Rez having a triple.
I think a good way to tell if it's a regrind is to look at the tang stamp. These usually become shoulderless with the regrind and you can see when the grind has taken away some of the tang stamp..