Thread: Some Help from the experts,please

I posted my last razor that I thought was a Henkles,but turned out to be a Gottlieb Hammesfahr, and after searching the web I happened on a link
that said that a company named Revisor was the remnants of that company,I don't know. I do know that I have NEVER gotten a shave like this before,its amazing...and I cannot find anything that looks like it either,I don't know what this kind of blade is called,some say French,spike,and a few others.Does anyone really know what is the proper name for it is,and if there is any truth in the Revisor story,and what should I look for to get another blade in this shape? Also if you find one of these,i suggest you grab it if you can,its smoother than my Boker,and that's saying something.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Griz

Well, you could ask Revisor.... They´re members here . As for french points, it can also be called an irish point and prob other things.

PS That´s a french point, spikes are more square in shape, I think.

I generally call a "spike" a square point that is actually "pointy". A rounded off one I call a "square" point, but yours is what I think they really do call a French point. The Wiki has this info somewhere.

Revisor has a very fine reputation as a razor, and there are old and new Revisors, and I've heard good stuff about both. I think Lynn actually posted something a few months back about the "new" revisors, so it might be worth searching the site.

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

Oblique....

Thank you.

I have seen them called

French
Irish
Slant
Oblique

Point or nose

I am not sure if any are correct or not, the only two I have seen printed on actual Vintage razor boxes are the French and the Oblique....

charlatan

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I have seen them called

French
Irish
Slant
Oblique

Point or nose

I am not sure if any are correct or not, the only two I have seen printed on actual Vintage razor boxes are the French and the Oblique....

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.