Thread: Clauss straight razor opinions on blade?

Here is a picture of a Clauss I have been looking at for buying. It seems to have a shaving edge of "smiley" look to the blade, and the seller said he had to work it just a bit to get the edge into shape. What is the take on this, from the picture? Would it be a hard one to keep a sharp edege on it?



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Thanks for your thoughts.

I have a bunch of Clauss razors and they are good shavers. This one is a real looker. When looking at hollow grind razors the first thing I look at is the relationship of the stabilizer to the edge. When I hone the heel of the razor will I be honing the stabilizer also? If so, it adds a new dimension to the honing session and a little more challenging if you don't know how to address it. It looks close on this razor but I can't tell for sure how close from a picture.

I have one of those blades with the naked lady scales on it and it is an amazing razor, it hones up real nice.

It certainly is a looker!

Clauss has a very good rep!

Thank you all for the replies. It was on an ebay auction and ended at $34.00 plus shipping. I might have been a nice razor, and I had a set bid of 37.00 and might have won it, but I didn't know anything about the razor and if it were worth that much. Besides I probably need to be putting money toward something like a set of hones or razor strop, of which I have neither.

Yes I would suggest getting a strop. Learn to strop your razors then maybe get a hone or 12.

Well I know how to strop a razor, just don't have a traditional stop at hand. A few hones would be nice. Maybe visit the undertaker and see if he has any small "samples" I might bring home. Seriously, I would like to find a nice Belgian Couticle sometime, or even a good set of Nortons. I'm learning....

The blade looks clean, not terrible flattening on the spine (the back side is what I consider a fair amount and heavy in the middle) and I can't see the bevel to tell much about it. The blade is pretty much at its original width.

The scales are definitely not my cup of tea, but obviously you like them or you wouldn't be considering it, so it doesn't matter. They seem fine - celluloid and a bit of unusual pattern for this design

I had watched it, had a bid on it and then cancelled in the last 12 mintues. I was afraid that it was going for more than I wanted to spend on a razor "this" day. Payday is coming up soon and I'll feel a little more "brash". It did look nice was honed and shave ready, but I was kind of concerned about the flatness of the cutting edge. It kind of made a "smilely" at the toe (his words). So, I didn't know how well a newbie as myself would have in honing and keeping it sharp. Besides, by bowing out, I did not drive up the price for the guy that really wanted it.