Thread: Sometimes, eBay is good to me. 3/4ths hollow Fenney

I got this early last month from eBay. Paid almost nothing for it. My buddy Ogershok's been honing up everything I can throw at him, and we did a razor exchange a few days ago. Today I shaved with this beaut.

Oh man.



One of the benefits of experience is that I've learned to see how a razor shaves before I put a lot of time into fixing it up (so it's still tarnished and the scales are tired and in need of the oil of neat feets). How does this one shave? It's a combination I didn't really think was possible.



My solid preference at this point is for heavy wedges. My whiskers have a habit of grabbing the blade and stretching which makes more hollow grinds uncomfortable for me. A heavier blade has the mass to push through without getting hung up on the hair. But I really like the audible feedback of that thin blade. I'd tried out Ogershok's Dovo and just didn't like the feel of it at all.

But this razor gives me the best of both. That is a 1/4th inch wide spine on a 6/8 razor, but the blade profile is almost paper thin up to the top quarter near the spine. It looks like it should be heavy. It isn't light, but it feels lighter than it looks like it should. When it cuts it sounds like a radio without a station. Not as pronounced as the Dovo, but far noisier than my loudest razor (a 6/8 Clauss).

This one's a keeper.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

I got this early last month from eBay. Paid almost nothing for it. My buddy Ogershok's been honing up everything I can throw at him, and we did a razor exchange a few days ago. Today I shaved with this beaut.

Oh man.



One of the benefits of experience is that I've learned to see how a razor shaves before I put a lot of time into fixing it up (so it's still tarnished and the scales are tired and in need of the oil of neat feets). How does this one shave? It's a combination I didn't really think was possible.



My solid preference at this point is for heavy wedges. My whiskers have a habit of grabbing the blade and stretching which makes more hollow grinds uncomfortable for me. A heavier blade has the mass to push through without getting hung up on the hair. But I really like the audible feedback of that thin blade. I'd tried out Ogershok's Dovo and just didn't like the feel of it at all.

But this razor gives me the best of both. That is a 1/4th inch wide spine on a 6/8 razor, but the blade profile is almost paper thin up to the top quarter near the spine. It looks like it should be heavy. It isn't light, but it feels lighter than it looks like it should. When it cuts it sounds like a radio without a station. Not as pronounced as the Dovo, but far noisier than my loudest razor (a 6/8 Clauss).

This one's a keeper.

MAN. that is one beautiful razor! great score! ebay has some gems i tell ya!

Nice pick up. It looks to me like it's a regrind.

Yeah, it's a bit of a shame that they hollowed it out - it must've been one brute looking razor when first made. The thick shank and the tadpole tail are too cool.
Nevertheless you can still enjoy it for the rest of your life!

Yeah, I was thinking something was a bit up with it, as the scales have a pretty big gap between the end of the blade and the wedge. On the other hand, whoever did the regrind also rebalanced it, so the center of gravity is right at the pivot. Looks like the wedge got cut down which is why there's so much room at the end of the scales.

I really wouldn't mind having a version of this razor with all its metal, but if I can't have that, this one will do.

Beautiful score! Lucky dog

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