Thread: Approx age of this ebay razor?

Originally Posted by stimpy52

Beautiful razor. I have one very similar -- I've always believed it to be 1820-1830.


Honing -- I honed mine without tape. Yeah, it left me with a bright area along the spine, but it took me hours of stone work (use a marker!!), I was glad I didn't have to feel that tape between the blade and the hones the whole time.

Bottom line--- mine shaves just wonderful and I'm proud as heck of it -- it's a different and fun shaving experience.

Post pics when it arrives.

I garantee yours will shave better than the one owned by the starter of this thread. Over time you not only get spine wear but the width of the blade is reduced too. This requires - as always - removal of amall amounts of metal from both the edge AND the spine to achieve a natural bevel. Of course he could always tape the edge and shave with the spine. <LOL>

Originally Posted by John Crowley

I garantee yours will shave better than the one owned by the starter of this thread. Over time you not only get spine wear but the width of the blade is reduced too. This requires - as always - removal of amall amounts of metal from both the edge AND the spine to achieve a natural bevel. Of course he could always tape the edge and shave with the spine. <LOL>

I disagree. I've gotten great shaves off wedges with huge hone wear, taped wedges, wedges with minimal hone wear etc etc etc. Then again, I can't tell the difference between my finishers, so maybe I'm not one to talk.

Originally Posted by John Crowley

I garantee yours will shave better than the one owned by the starter of this thread. Over time you not only get spine wear but the width of the blade is reduced too. This requires - as always - removal of amall amounts of metal from both the edge AND the spine to achieve a natural bevel. Of course he could always tape the edge and shave with the spine. <LOL>

When I decided to take the plunge and hone mine, I decided that when it was 40 years old, or 60 years old, or 100 years old, someone would simply have put it on the stone and gone to work honing. That happens to be what I like--- old stuff that works. Like me and my friends.