Frank X Hess Hand Forged 100 Razor 6/8"
HESS HAIR MILK LAB.
ST.PAUL,MINN. U.S.A.
EXTRA HOLLOW,Ivory celluloid.
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Frank X Hess Hand Forged 100 Razor 6/8"
HESS HAIR MILK LAB.
ST.PAUL,MINN. U.S.A.
EXTRA HOLLOW,Ivory celluloid.
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That's some mighty nice grinding, I must say. It's hard to find a well executed bellied full hollow these days. Looks like a pretty frisky shaver.
Nice razor.
I have lived and driven by Hess Hair Milk labs for years, wondered what it was but didn't know the whole story Untill went out of business and liquidated.
DANG!
There are a lot of HESS discussion materials for reference.Quote:
Originally Posted by 32t
https://sharprazorpalace.com/razors/...ab-razors.html
This was one of the ones I was telling you about on FB
https://sharprazorpalace.com/custom-...e-acrylic.html
I purchased my current HESS #100 razor after seeing your HESS #100 razor. EXTRA HOLLOW razors are rare. This razor is made with the same fine craftsmanship as Japanese razors, which is also rare among American razors.
Hess was a barber supplier. Their razors were made under special contract by Dovo. This was back when Dovo made exceptional products.
In fact, Dovo made razors with many, many different names upon them.
A Rather large round point 44..
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9/8 Hess #1...
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Dovo made for Williams, another Barber supplier. Obvious connection....
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It was probably produced by the DOVO Fritz Bracht factory during this period. I found an FBS razor, which is made in Germany and has the country of origin marked on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
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#100 razors are probably made in the USA. As shown in the picture, there are gaskets commonly used in the United States, and the head shape is not common on German razors.
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Frank X Hess Hand Forged 100 Razor 6/8"
HESS HAIR MILK LAB.
ST.PAUL,MINN. (U.S.A.)
EXTRA HOLLOW,Ivory celluloid,
This time honing uses Coticule.
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Yes. Fritz Bracht era.
Never have seen one like your 100. Could be a WWII version, American made for Hess.
It reminds of Carl Monkhouse/Burrell Top flight days. Somebody made it. Really thin!
The first time I saw the #100 razor was extra hollow, I thought about it for a long time and decided to buy it for use. It is a well-made razor.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrescentCityRazors
I got to thinking about that toe, and American grinding.
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A Schmidt & Krug Razor Works, from Geneva, NY. U.S.A.
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I'm wondering if yours might have had been repaired from a chipped square point. I'm not seeing much of a radius at the spine, is all. :shrug:
If not....might be on to something. Cause I've never seen German made blades with this toe grind. :beer1:
Found a pic of my Hess #55 Dovo. One of the last razors sold by Hess I feel.
Seems the volume was not there to justify stamping for Hess and/ OR the contract was not renewed.
Pretty cheezy scales with Hess hot-stamp. Tang and scale lettering color obviously match. No stamping on rear of gold-washed tang.
Original box is typical Hess.
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The photos are in original condition and have not been restored.
When the razor was received, it was in close to NOS condition.
Yes. This #55 as well as the #1 pictured above were as-new as I aquired them.
Aside from the #1 being 8/8 and the #55 being 7/8, the blades seem identical.
Hello
What are these angles apps? could you possibly give me a name as last time I looked I gave up as it was coming up with all sorts of apps and I just got lost.
Nice razor I've been after a Hess for ages but I don't see many for sale around me.
You mean an app to calculate a bevel angle? You don't really need an app. Virtually, split the blade in two, along its central plane, and take one half and take the cross section from that. The acute angle is of course half of the included bevel angle. Now virtually construct a right triangle, since they are super easy to work with, which is why we take half of the blade, so it is not an isoceles triangle. Anywah the virtual right triangle has for a OPPOSITE side, half of the thickness of the spine. You don't know and can only estimate the ADJACENT side. The HYPOTENUSE can be directly measured, The distance between the tippy tip of the edgey wedgey, up to the top of the honing wear strip of the spine, which is actually part and parcel of the bevel plane. Using the SOHCAHTOA mnemonic, use the SOH part, since Opposite and Hypotenuse can be known.SINE of the acute angle = OPPOSITE / HYPOTENUSE. So, half the spine thickness divided by the distance from shaving edge to upper edge of the "hone wear" strip, equals the sine of the half angle. And therefore, we take the ArcSine, usually abbreviated ASIN or asin on calculators or in Python or other programming environments, of O/H, double it, and there's your bevel angle. I use Python running in a terminal session for all my calculator needs. It is convenient, and super easy.Quote:
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First, I include the math module if it is not already included by typing
include math
ENTER]
Now Python, like most programming languages, calculates angles in Radians instead of degrees. The reason for that has been explained to me many times but it goes in one ear and out the other. There is a simple pair of functions to convert, though. So, since the functions are from the math module, I type as an example,
math.degrees(math.asin(.106/.702))*2
[ENTER]
where .106 is half of the hypothetical .212 spine thickness and .702 is the hypotenuse. The return value is 17.369434657517168, which is the included bevel angle to the umpty-doodleth decimal place. Call it 17.4° which is precise enough for our purposes, and then some. You will never notice a difference of a couple of tenths of a degree and in fact less than a half degree is nearly imperceptible.
You MUST use the half thickness of the spine, and then double the calculated angle. Trying to use the full spine thickess without calculating as an Isoceles triangle will introduce a substantial error. Remembering that, you can take your half thickness and your hypotenuse, and plug the numbers into one of about 87,359 different online right triangle calculators that you can find with google. Here's one you can bookmark. https://www.calculator.net/right-tri...alculator.html
It's just the first one that DuckDuckGo returned when I searched for "right triangle calculator". Enter the values and then double the angle it gives, and bob's yer uncle, or whatevah.
If you want an app, it is simple enough to write one. You can also program a spreadsheet, which is how many guys do it. Otherwise, use Python, C, Basic, Java, Fortran, whatever blows your skirt up. Give it a GUI if you like. It's all good.
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I use this APP.
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