Thread: Some Help from the experts,please

Originally Posted by shaved

This blade has been honed nearly to obliteration and would be a candidate for a regrind to 1/2 but can obviously still be used. It does not shave anymore as once intended, it's now a lot stiffer. If you want to find similar blades look for stiff 1/2 blades. The fact that the bevel almost touches the stabiliser and the geometry of the head show the use.

The chamfered sides of the head identify it as a 'Schorkopf' in german. Sorry, don't know the matching english name. You can see examples in [1] and [2] where [3] shows a head geometry more similar to what's left of yours.


[1] http://up.picr.de/3276782.jpg
[2] Art.Nr. 1001
[3] http://up.picr.de/3091777.jpg

I'm not sure you are right, but I'm not sure I am either, so I'll just say this as a devil's advocate...

Some razors are simply made that way, as evidenced by your example [3] which you provided to indicate head geometry of a razor that is "honed nearly to obliteration" yet it has no hone wear. Yes the stabilizer is relatively close to the bevel, but that does vary among razors. The two reasons I don't believe this razor to be "honed nearly to obliteration" are 1) the relatively limited degree of hone wear and 2) the apparent location of the belly of the blade as indicated by the reflected light.

Maybe using a blurred picture to justify the usage of 'obliteration' wasn't a good idea in the first place. Sounds too harsh anyway as it shaves good. Some of mine look similar and do the same.

The short distance to the stabilizers does not look harmonic in my eyes on a razor of this size. I wouldn't be surprised if the bevel sits close to the belly.

@Grizzley1: May I ask for a detailed picture of the stabilizer area including parts of the bevel with only one lightsource?

sure as soon as I get my camera,although,I would be surprised if he meant mine, as far as I can tell this thing is VERY close to new,you will see when the new pictures arrive

I think your razor has many years of useful life left. It looks to have about 2 mm honewear on the spine, which is not excessive. I know from experience that all it takes to hone into the stabilizer is a wee bit too much pressure on a lower grit stone while placing the blade too high on the stone, placing the stabilizer in contact, with direct downward pressure. What happens when you hone too fast! Hope you enjoy many, many more good shaves from your Hammesfahr.

I looked closely and that would be the maximum.The picture makes it look much larger
and I think the lighting had something to do with that,I'm not a pro-but nonetheless,it appears to be very lightly used and still is the absolutely best one I currently own
I have about seven,with two out being honed and restored,that being said,compared to my W&B,Boker,and Blue Diamond and a couple of not so well known German blades,THIS one sets itself apart in a big way,also they don't seem to be very common,I don't know what to think about that other than they didn't make that many or the people who have them don't part with them.all I know is that I'm very glad that it was in that Henkels box,and I put up some better pictures.anyone who owns one please post it and let me know if you like it as much as I do,please.
Thanks
Griz

Razor looks far from oblivion to me...

It looks in really nice condition actually

Thanks,I knew I wasnt crazy
Griz

Man, I want that razor! It's stunning! Enjoy it.