Thread: Big Yankee Steel?

Well gents, I'm curious...I've seen a couple of 6/8 American blades but nothing bigger and searches here don't turn up anything. Does anyone have any American blades 6/8+? I'd love to see some pics...I'm a fan of BBB (big beautiful blades...)

That's a good question.I don't have any,but I'm still fairly new at this.Maybe one of the restorers or honers who have handled thousands of blades will chime in.

I've not handled thousands or anything, but it does seem that American blades tend to be 6/8 or less. The only larger one I can think of off the top of my head is... didn't someone have a 7/8 Gold Bug? Or is that made in Germany?

Here it is in the Database: http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...old_Bug%22_7/8

I have an 7/8 and an 8/8 Maher and Grosh from Toledo, Ohio, in my collection - so there are some out there. They are just VERY rare.

Heh funny I was just thinking the same thing yesterday, they are rather rare, I have seen a few at the 7/8 size, but not that many...

Now of course I am going to run into tons of them

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Now of course I am going to run into tons of them

Oh no! That would be terrible! ;-p

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Heh funny I was just thinking the same thing yesterday, they are rather rare, I have seen a few at the 7/8 size, but not that many...

Now of course I am going to run into tons of them

If you do, keep me in mind...my birthday's coming up donchaknow!

You know just over a year ago I started a thread right hear in this forum asking that same question.
The consensus was:

…during the reign of the “big blades” America imported from other countries but there were no established American distributes yet. By the time distributors became organized and began importing razors with there own names stamped on them, the trend was for smaller blades.

Give kaptain_zero the credit for figuring that out.
Here is the post

I suppose some time later American manufacturers began forging razors but by that time, even worldwide, razors larger than 6/8 were rarely manufactured.

Ah, Kaptain Zero. I wish Christian was still an active member on SRP. He kind of drifted away. Our loss!

Chris L

Clauss, Robeson, and Torrey made 6/8ths blades, but the largest I've found from Waterville, Case, and Union are 11/16ths.

7/8ths or larger US blades may be out there, but as John C stated, they are rare.