Thread: John Pitts Сelebrated, wedge, Sheffield - pressed handle

Originally Posted by Sailor

Very beautiful and rare old timer you have there.

Can you tell are those nice made of pressed horn or tortoise?

Most likely horn. I don't think it is tortoise, doesn't looks like it

Originally Posted by Traskrom

How about this? I believe you seen this book. Those razors are wedge too

The caption says those are wedge shaped blades. Perhaps in that book, as on the forum, the term "wedge" is used quite loosely and encompass true wedges, near wedges, and quarter hollows.

That loose definition contrasts with the strict definition in the wiki. - http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...ths_and_grinds

I don't mind the loose definition of "wedge," but it just seems wrong to me to use the loose definition for "true wedge" or "full wedge." True/full, at least to me, implies that you are using the strict definition.

How about discount for ESL?

http://straightrazorpalace.com/attac...s-dscn2768.jpg

Mine is a true wedge. This is a great shaver, too bad scales were not original when I got it, they were black plastic.

holli4pirating
In fact you are right, this is near wedge blade. In Henckels chart shape #II

I did some work on handles, this is how they looks now.






Hi res pictures, 10mb each. Think before downloading

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Great work on those scales! How did you manage to clean them like that? I love the razor as well!
One little thing, it looks like the blade has a little crack near it's heel

Name of this crack is "age"

what makes you think so? it is true wedge BTW

(on the question of a regrind) A couple things are pointers. With a blade this old, look at the condition of the blade face. For a razor to have so much pitting and wear on the tang and to be rescaled at some point, it is not consistent with what would be a factory finish on the blade. Also on the tang you can see there is a lot of pitting but the tang still looks ground and shiny. This was apparently somewhat common, to regrind the back areas as well as the blade itself. Also the line between the angles on the tang is pretty rounded. This almost always happens with soft wheel buffing that is done today, but can happen with grinding that does not perfectly set those angles as well. Original pieces would have a crisp line there. Finally, from your second hi resolution picture, it looks like there are two sets of hone wear. This would be consistent with original hone wear and hone wear after a new angle was set by regrinding.

A very clever old repair on the pivot end though. Neat scales, would love to have seen them with their original blade.

edit: saw the recent replies and thought this was a newer thread. My bad

This is 3 years old thread.. That horse is dead already..