Thread: re-grounded razor

I was looking at a razor to buy and it was re-grounded. It was re-grounded to a hollow from a wedge, does anyone have any experience with this? Do they still make good shavers?

If the re-ground job was done professionally by someone who knows what he's doing then yes, it should still be a good shaver. What brand or make are we talking about?

... well, it's a really tough answer... Reground razors can be fine, but it depends upon who reground it and how they did it. There are few guys that have the skills and experience to pull it off that are actually doing it, lots of "reground" razors were done by people just trying to sell something on ebay that they didn't know the first thing about. If a razor gets too hot while being ground, it's dead... if the grinding throws the geometry out of whack, it's going to be crap. In short, a regrind can be ok, but there is a list of about 3-4 people that I would trust to do any regrinds for me.

Can you get a picture for us to see, or maybe a reference for who did the regrinding?

I have a bunch of razors that I am about 99% sure have been reground, and they are fantastic shavers. From my experience, vintage regrinds are very good. If the grind job looks good and patina on the razor matches the tang and tail, you can assume it is a vintage regrind and, IMO, you can assume it is well done.

I have 8/8" to 6/8' regrind, and it is among my favorite shavers. Think of it this way, if it wasn't a good shaver, it wouldn't get regrinded...


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Originally Posted by holli4pirating

I have a bunch of razors that I am about 99% sure have been reground, and they are fantastic shavers. From my experience, vintage regrinds are very good. If the grind job looks good and patina on the razor matches the tang and tail, you can assume it is a vintage regrind and, IMO, you can assume it is well done.

Great point.. I need to qualify my earlier post for clarity... vintage regrinds, Livi regrinds, or other professional regrinds are not what I am skeptical about.
It's the hobbyist regrinds that I'd be cautious about. Put another way, If a razor on ebay looks like it's been altered recently, I'd avoid it. If I had a razor that needed to be reground (not just shined up), I can only think of a handful I'd trust to do the job today.

This is the razor i am looking at. The seller also believe that the razor was reground back in the day

I would say it looks good. My only concern is that the blade is very narrow and there is no way to tell how wide it used to be. Based on the tang, I would estimate it was in the 5/8 to 6/8 range, but it very well may have started out life small. Even if it used to be much bigger, the regrinding process can fix anything that needed fixing with regards to blade geometry and hollowing rate in order to "remake" the razor into a smaller razor.

I short, yes, it looks fine, but I couldn't say for certain.