W&B....question?

**Brando** · 04-13-2010, 03:29 PM

I recently purchased a lot of razors, and this one came in the bunch. Most of the larger W&Bs I have seen have a smile to them, this one is straight. Did W&B make razors like this one with no smile? Or was this razor bread knifed? Little help please
Thanks Tony B

**gssixgun** · 04-13-2010, 03:37 PM

Hard to say for sure,,, but if you want my opinion that one is correct with a straight edge...
Normally look at the spine, that can give you the hint,,, Straight spine = Straight edge, but that is NOT a rule....

**Bayamontate** · 04-13-2010, 03:53 PM

I have exact same W&B (1/8 pivot hole too) and the blade is straight with no smile just like yours. Like G said, "that one is correct with a straight edge..."

**zib** · 04-13-2010, 04:03 PM

+1 Glen....Normally the spine would have a nice curve as well, but not always, so I think you have a straight straight. Check this W&B out, I got this a while back. It has a curved monkey tail. The thing is, I can't see where it was bent. I've done some fabrication in my day, milling, drilling, metal work, and normally when you bend hard steel like that, you'd have to heat it, which would leave signs. If you tried it cold, you'd have bend marks..What do you guys think, I could be wrong...That is a reflection of light on the monkey tail, there are no marks on it at all. I don't recall W&B making any like this, unless someone got bored in the factory one day.....

Brando, Sorry, Not trying to hijack your thread....

Rich

**John Crowley** · 04-13-2010, 05:55 PM

I asked this question before and no one answered it. What are you referring to when you use the term "breadknifing"? Like I said in the other post - I have only been doing this for a long time so I have not heard this term before. Since it is one recently coined I need to be aware of new "terminology".

**JimmyHAD** · 04-13-2010, 06:07 PM

John, you know how you slice a piece of bread off of a loaf. Some guys use that motion with a razor on a hone to remove chips or a frown. As if they were slicing the stone. Not a good way to go about it IME but different strokes for different folks.

**commiecat** · 04-13-2010, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by John Crowley

I asked this question before and no one answered it. What are you referring to when you use the term "breadknifing"? Like I said in the other post - I have only been doing this for a long time so I have not heard this term before. Since it is one recently coined I need to be aware of new "terminology".

The razor is the breadknife, the hone is the bread. Imagine yourself cutting into the bread.

Razor held completely perpendicular to hone, and then moved back and forth as if sawing. At least that's how I've interpreted it, and I've only done it when I've had larger chips in the edge. I'm relatively new to this stuff myself.

**Lazarus** · 04-13-2010, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by Brando

Did W&B make razors like this one with no smile? Or was this razor bread knifed? Little help please
Thanks Tony B

I have a couple of W&Bs with no smile. Straight spine and straight edge.

**Scipio** · 04-13-2010, 07:27 PM

Zib, if that monkey tail were not factory, although I'm not saying it is, wouldn't the tail be longer than standard in any case? It look it. Nice piece any case

**gssixgun** · 04-13-2010, 08:57 PM

John some of the various threads on the Subject

http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...ged-blade.html

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...dovo-24-a.html

http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...t-popular.html

Some pros and cons in all those....

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