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02-01-2011, 05:53 PM #1
Is this a good razor?
I got this straight razor:
A 6/8” Army Straight Razor by J. Heiffor. _*_
Manufacturers Info.
John Heiffor
Army razor, &c. manufacturer,
3 Paradise sq Sheffield; house: 11 Belfield street
Saturday’s razor from a 7 day set.
Likely to be for an Officer. Name scratched on
Appears to be Dr Thompson
This cut throat razor has a 6/8” lightly Hollow ground blade.
It has dark horn scales with a lead spacer.
Engraved on the tang are the words
“*J.H.* John Heiffor 3 paradise square Sheffield”
On the reverse is “Made for the Army”
On the spine is "Saturday"
I cannot find any information in the SRP’s good razor list, neither in the bad list.
Does anybody know anything about the quality of this razor?
Is it a good one? Does anybody know approximately the year of manufacture?
Thank you very much in advance gentlemen.
Last edited by Slur; 02-01-2011 at 05:56 PM.
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02-01-2011, 05:54 PM #2
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02-01-2011, 05:54 PM #3
Yes, it should be a good razor. You do need to have it pro honed unless you're skilled in honing razors yourself but it is a good one and in nice condition.
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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Slur (02-01-2011)
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02-01-2011, 06:00 PM #4
Pro-hone means hone it with the wheel?
What about the smilie shape? Is this a problem on honing?
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02-01-2011, 06:13 PM #5
Pro hone means send it out for professional honing if you do not feel confident in your own honing skills. Go to the SRP classifieds and look in member services. A smiling blade is a desirable profile IMO. Straight is good too but if the razor has a smile it is better to leave it and hone it in the manner appropriate to the smile. Here is a PDF from the SRP Wiki of a barber manual excerpt on honing and stropping that explains the smile and how to keep it.
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02-01-2011, 06:17 PM #6
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Pro hone means to have it honed by a professional. The smile of the razor is a good thing. No problems with it, but having such a nice razor shouldn't be a experimental razor. A razor that has been recently restored is much tougher to hone than most besides that one looking like a wedge or 1/4 hollow. This means a lot of steel will need to be safely removed. This will make a very nice razor!!Southeastern Oklahoma/Northeastern Texas helper. Please don't hesitate to contact me.
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02-01-2011, 07:44 PM #7
It is not a "good" razor. It is great razor! Robert A. Doyle rated it much higher that popular W&B and Elliot razors of the same age..
Here is one that I have.
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02-01-2011, 08:34 PM #8
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Thanked: 3164I have had a few of them - nice, solid razors.
Baines Directory & Gazeteer list John Heiffor simply as Razor manufacturer as being at 51 Scotland Street in 1822.
Whites Directory of Sheffield for 1852 also lists John Heiffors company as Army Razor manufacturers. As far as I know, the company still made razors in 1919.
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Neil
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02-01-2011, 08:57 PM #9Is this a good razor?
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02-01-2011, 09:12 PM #10
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