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I've had a razor for a while with a grind I'm afraid I don't really know the name of. I'm pretty sure I've seen the same grind on some pictures of Wade and Butchers...
It's somewhat like a wedge, but with a sudden step in the thickness of the blade. Here, I drew a MSpaint picture to illustrate what I mean. :P
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The one on the left is what I'm talking about, the one on the right is supposed to be a wedge, just to illustrate the difference.
Does anyone know what that's called?
I've seen it on Mappin & webb lancet razors.
That has got to be difficult to hone
Not really. They lay on the hone like any other razor, touching only with the spine and the edge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cyclophile
Actually, I kind of thought it might have been done to make honing wedges and wedge like razors a little easier. It allows you to have a very stiff, heavy razor but have it hone more like a hollow ground than a wedge.
I thought it was pretty neat.
I wound up making a deal for it with a local fellow who does scales, as it has a break in the scales. Twenty bucks and when he rescales it, he sends me a picture so I can see it went to a good home. Though I regret the deal just a touch, I don't hand it off until Monday, so I get to keep looking at it and regret letting go of a razor that to my mind has a pretty rare profile to it.
I have a few of them some in 6/8 and a few in 7/8.most of the ones I have are in good condition,with a few as new.Some are marked Step Grind,and one of the 7/8 is marked concave grind.They are very easy to hone,and make great shavers,I sell them for 180.00/260.00 reworked depending on condition
I snapped a couple pics of the razor in question...
You can see the broken scales in the third...
Despite the scales, I think the fellow got a pretty darn good deal at twenty bucks.
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That grind was known in Sheffield as a "Rattler". Don't know why.:shrug:
Duncan.
I really like that, id pay more then 20for it! Is that a cat in the hat hat i see there:thinking:??
