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Thread: What makes a razor a "rattler"?
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05-21-2010, 04:31 PM #11
Neil and Jimmy,
you both bring up the interesting perspective of sales and marketing.
I remember reading a thread about "drummers" and salesmen, and specifically this post in that thread (Thanks Walt!)
Perhaps "rattler" was meant in the sense of a noisemaker or attention getter, and "rattler razors" are really like "drummers."
Or perhaps, Neil's observation of "rattling through" something (a beard) quickly lead to the name.
Getting closer? Maybe I'm just overthinking the whole thing. . .
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05-21-2010, 04:48 PM #12
That is a distinct possibility. How many times have I seen hearing the razor cutting the whiskers mentioned. Aural feedback may have been the source for the nickname. As far as marketing, thinking about "For Barber's Use", and even more so the few I've seen marked "For Barbers Only." I'm sure anyone who anted up the $ could have bought one of those and the barbers were probably the last people in the queue who would have wanted to wield one of those monsters around a customer's nostrils. Maybe Sweeny Todd.
Edit; I had missed Papa Bull's post when I typed the above referring to 'hearing' the razor. Seems great minds think alike.Last edited by JimmyHAD; 05-21-2010 at 09:52 PM. Reason: more useless drivel
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05-21-2010, 05:13 PM #13
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Totally off topic, but I was always under the understanding that it was
"Gran Tourismo" which probably does translate to Grand Tourer
PS; Neil quit typing when I'm typing or type slower hehehehe
PPS: Neil we have a saying here in the US when two people say the same thing at the same time
Jynx ya owe me a beer !!!Last edited by gssixgun; 05-21-2010 at 05:34 PM.
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05-21-2010, 05:39 PM #16
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Thanked: 3164I'll gladly buy you a beer Glen - but first just let me tip Jimmy the wink that its payback time for the "LMAO old fart" - he'll like that!
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05-21-2010, 05:41 PM #17Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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05-21-2010, 09:40 PM #18
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05-21-2010, 11:17 PM #19
I don't know how, but I missed seeing your post earlier today Robert - thanks! That does tie in with the grind of some of the rattlers I've seen.
Guess I'd better get those bi-focals after all.
Thanks again for all the replies - I know more than I did yesterday which makes today a good day - now. . .
which one of you is going to nail down the orgins of "GT"?
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05-22-2010, 02:40 AM #20
Lee and Robert are correct. A rattler razor was the type of grind depicted in that drawing. That said, I've seen a significant number of razors that are in no way a rattler grind, but have RATTLER as an etch.
Normally, in grinding a razor similar to grinding a knife, the blade is held horizontally to the vertical grinding wheel. For rattler grinds, the razor was held vertically to the grinding wheel.
Half rattlers IMO are very cool looking grinds as well. Wedge on top half thin blade on the bottom half.
I would love to see one of the razor makers grind a true rattler grind razor. That would be very cool.
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