Quote Originally Posted by stimpy52 View Post
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>