Thread: My fantasy.......

Right, I've worked out what I love.....
Here is the low down..

1 Oblique or French point as some call it

2 Ivory or similar scales

3 plainish blade

4 Ideally French

I beg you gentlemen (and the couple of ladies here) post pictures of your razors if they roughly conform to these spec's.
Love M

Hi,
Hopefully these photo's work!
It a 13/16" quarter hollow. The only stamp it has says A&N.C.S.L
Scales are bone, or possibly ivory.


Not sure how near your criteria it is, but i restored it & love it!

My gosh, Marcus. Staring at your mammoth coticule isn't doing it for you already???

Chris L

I do love that A.N joby. I think you got that from Steve Invisible ,....didn't you?

Come on, Marcus, rib me for taking that crack at you.

Chris L

Ah it's just a big stone

There are so many tiers to this hobby
Hones
razors
brushes
strops
paste's
Americans

M

Thanks mate!
I got it from an antique shop in reading. It was a bit pitted, a bit rusted, & a lot tarnished.
I routed a wheel the exact radius of the hollow, put in a spindle to fit it in a drill, covered it in sandpaper & carefully ground the pitting out.
Then i wet & dry papered it up to 1200 before polishing it up.
I left the scales on as i didn't want to take my first one too far in case i buggered it up!
It's nice & hefty, weighing 60g.

Any more frenchies out there?

Just honed this one for a customer & fell in love with it.
Any one heard of William Wood as a razor maker ???
Not made in France but Liverpool. Fits the other criteria tho. If its not Ivory it's a good imitation.

I like the look of that too. It looks like a nice heavy grind?
thanks