Some thoughts on razor sizes...
How do you know what the size of a razor was when it was made ????
Many times I see people quoting sizes of razors by what they measure now, let me explain..
Take a Fili #14 that is now honed down to a 6/8 do you call that a 6/8 ????
One thing that you can look at is the thickness of the tang this will give you a good indicator of what went on with the razor over the years..
8/8 and larger razor have tangs that are near 1/4 of an inch wide
7/8 are going to be just shy of that
6/8 are smaller yet but noticably thicker than their 5/8's cousins
4/8 and smaller are in the 1/8 inch thick range
These of course are not locked in stone, but they do give a good indication of original blade size..
1/16 sizes are actually fairly rare I have seen only three sizes ever marked on razor coffins & razors 9/16, 11/16, & 13/16 unless the razor or the coffin is marked I always assume the razor is a 5/8+ or a 6/8- and not a 11/16 :) refer to above to tell the difference between the two.. What is a 5/8+ ???? well lets look at TI's way of measuring right now they measure from the spine mark so their 5/8 is actually from top of spine to edge closer to an 11/16 but is sized as a 5/8
So when you take that in to account, the fact that razor manufacturs don't measure the same anyway and all this gets very confusing as to what size a razor is/was, add in a chip or two in the edge and things get even more confusing...
Just some things that were going through my head as I was out in the shop today :) so I decided to share :rofl2: