Thread: A response to my questions from Heribert Wacker

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I think he means the top of the spine. OTOH, I just went and checked a half dozen TI blades. For example the Silverwing one and two are listed as 5/8 and they measure that from the honing flat. From the top of the spine they are about 6/8. So I guess there is some variance depending on which company is doing the measuring.

Thank you Jimmy:

Ahhhhhhh A difference in the Company doing the measuring hmmmmmm it could also be a difference in the country that the company doing the measuring is sitting in when they did this alleged measuring...

Hmmmm seems that is what "somebody" said in the original thread that started this whole round of questioning...

Like I said in the last thread John when you were talking about this being a difference in metric measuring these theories all fall apart when you reach the shores of the USA because the NOS razors sitting in their little packages that you find made here and stamped here prove, all this depends on who made it and where it was made...Some razors are measured from the edge to the hone line on the spine too...

I am sorry but I just don't see any possible "Rule" or "Method" to this madness,
but that was an interresting bit of research... thanks

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Thank you Jimmy:

Ahhhhhhh A difference in the Company doing the measuring hmmmmmm it could also be a difference in the country that the company doing the measuring is sitting in when they did this alleged measuring...

Hmmmm seems that is what "somebody" said in the original thread that started this whole round of questioning...

Like I said in the last thread John when you were talking about this being a difference in metric measuring these theories all fall apart when you reach the shores of the USA because the NOS razors sitting in their little packages that you find made here and stamped here prove, all this depends on who made it and where it was made...Some razors are measured from the edge to the hone line on the spine too...

I am sorry but I just don't see any possible "Rule" or "Method" to this madness,
but that was an interresting bit of research... thanks

I admitted I was wrong. Be a man - you weren't right either!

Originally Posted by John Crowley

I admitted I was wrong. Be a man - you weren't right either!

Really???
Sorry it seems that I told you in the first place it depended on the Manufacturer and the Country it was made in...

So man up and say it,,, "Damn Glen was right",,, I know it hurts, honest I do...


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You know I just messing with ya now right???? Honestly thanks for doing more research, any more info that we can add to these little mysteries helps all of us...


Also another thought struck me as I was shaving with my Harner blade this morning, I am pretty sure our custom makers today grind to a center line in the blade for grinding face accuracy, then worry about the actual "size" of the blade second...Which would account for some variances in actual size... Just a thought..

I am always happier if I get a razor advertised as 5/8 and it turns out to be 11/16s. I don't know if that is just me or if it is a USA thing. The old bigger is better syndrome.