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    Default Sheffield razors & knives

    I ran across this at the University of Sheffield web site, pretty interesting stuff. Be sure to check out the 'examples of razors'.
    http://www.shef.ac.uk/hawley/collect...es/open-razors

    There's also some nice information about the history of knife-making in Sheffield in a section about a past exhibit.
    http://www.shef.ac.uk/hawley/exhibitions/cutabovee

    And now I have to get back to work.......

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    Nice information. Work? Oh ya. me too.

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    very interesting... i like the "irish point" which we normally call the "french point"... the "long cut" shoulder that we call "shoulderless" and the "hollow point" known to us as the "barber's notch"
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    Great information! Thank you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by syslight View Post
    ... and the "hollow point" known to us as the "barber's notch"
    So that's a dum-dum razor, right?
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    That is a really interesting website. Thanks for posting that link.
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    I noticed the Irish point description for what we normally call a French point too. I wonder if it has anything to do with the significant British disdain for the French...

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    Nonsense, we love the French. But I'm not going to make a point about it.

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    Who really likes the French? I will say that they finally got a President with some balls

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    Quote Originally Posted by English View Post
    Nonsense, we love the French. But I'm not going to make a point about it.
    - Compared to the Irish anyhoo

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