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Have a question for y'all.
I have both grinds, in 7/8th razors, but my question is about a 5/8ths Klas Tornblom I finally got around to put scales on.
To me...it looks to be a Rattler, but I'm not exactly positive.
So what's your thoughts on this.
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Freddy Reynolds... Faux Frameback
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Northfield Rattler
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So what's the consensus gents, Rattler or Faux
I would call it a faux frameback
Faux Frameback for me.
Tomata , tomato!
Looks to me that the thin grind of a rattler goes much higher up towards the spine as this does.
My guess is a faux frame back rattler:thinking:
Pete <:-}
I'd say neither... Rattlers should have close to no curvature on the grind because they are ground along the length of the blade, not its width. This one is more like "extra extra hollow" with no belly
If you look at the charts on strazors.com it does not even mention 'Rattled' only faux Frameback.
I thought about that as well, but the grind looks identical to what you mention for a Rattler, like the Northfield Rattler. I just can't see getting a wheel in that tight to the spine. That's why I added the Reynolds for reference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aggelos
,:shrug: oh well...sure shaves a treat.! All that matters, in the end.
They are all rattler grinds. They are ground from heel to toe and were much more difficult for the old masters to grind. Faux frameback is a modern misnomer. Here is a discussion from several years ago. https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/...n-rattler.html
I'm in the Rattler camp :)
rattler, my understanding is that a faux frameback has a seperate piece added on the spine. where as a real frameback has the spine and tang as one piece with a seperate peice of metal added as the blade.
Interesting posts from Neil Miller. RIP.
https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/...ml#post1476844
https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/...tml#post851624
Im in the rattler group.
Thanks, Karl and Onimaru. Those posts, were just what I needed. Puts things in the right perspective
Sad....never got to know Neil, before he moved on.
Give that man a CigarQuote:
Originally Posted by tintin
You have a "Frameback" that the flat blade sits in
You have a "Replaceable blade Frameback" with the little screw at the front that releases the blade
You have a "Faux-Framback" where the Blade and tang/tail are one flat piece and a "Back" is pressed on the thin spine
You have "Rattler" grinds like pictured here,
HOWEVER later on after the turn of the century 1907ish the Name "Rattler" was used on many different Hollow grind razors so it loses the meaning of a "Rattler Grind"
It took me quite a few years to figure it all out
