Thread: John S Holler Razor

I have come across a John Holler razor and was curious about something. The spine of the razor is smiling but the blsde is straight across. My question is the blade is narrower at the heel than at the toe and was wondering if that is normal or has this razor had some blade removed

There are some folks here that can probably tell you based on your description. But for the rest of us, is it possible to see a couple pics of the razor in question. A John Holler is IIRC, a very old Sheffield made razor, and it wouldn't be a surprise if the grind was a bit off from day one. But pictures can tell a pretty good story. Hope that helps.

Heres a pic to allow people to see what I am talking about. I guess my main question is wether or not this should be addressed or not. I am curious as to how this will effect the bevel during honing.

To me it looks as if it has a slight frown or a pronounced frown if you take the swayback spine into account.
It's a bit hard to tell without seeing the blade end on.
It would take some restorative honing to get this one back to where it should be, I think.
Not undoable though.

Your original thread asked if you thought some blade had been removed. To that question I would say "None except what came off in honing and stropping".
If you've not had any experience honing, I'd just send it to one of the guys here who offer honing, and have them sort it out. If you've had experience honing, or you are determined to do it yourself, put a layer of tape on the spine, do ten x strokes with the blade edge marked with magic marker, and examine. Whatever you see in those 10-30 strokes will magnify itself over the course of the honing. If you haven't any experience, once again, it'd be hard to say if it was a blade problem or a you problem. It does look like it has a frown, and may need exra time at lower grits to sort that out. But it doesn't look like it's been restored, as I can still see soap stains on the edge. And it's not a really huge problem I don't think. On another note, that doesn't look anything like what I recall for a John Holler, so I was obviously mistaken. lol. And you can also reply to your own threads, and include pictures, which keeps it a little less confusing when someone who knows he commented, finds a new post with the same title, and his comment isn't there.