Thread: Need informations about this razor

Hello gentlemen,

I'm new around the place, I'm not really a straight shaver but I do appreciate the elegance of these razors. So here's the story, I was in Montréal, earlier this morning, I was looking for some razors when I came across a little antique shop. I discuss with the owner, he show me some DE and a straight in a very old box with the brand 'Wiss - J.Wiss & Sons Co - Newark, NJ', I opened it and inside there wasthis old timer. When its about straight, I'm a genuine neophyte but I know that 'Sheffield England' is a good thing, the faded name is 'Frederick Reynolds'. If you have any information, it would be very appreciated.

Thank you

Pictures, please!

Welcome to SRP.

Post 1891 Freddy R. Looks to a 4/8 or a half inch wide blade. Appears to be in decent shape. It has some hone wear on the spine and maybe a bit of "frown".

I doubt it's ready to use as a razor at the moment. It would more than likely need to be honed (sharpened) before trying to use it to shave with.

Do you intend to use it?

Willie

Originally Posted by redrover66

Pictures, please!

No I don't intend to use it but I'd like it to be restored. I read that these 'Freddy R.' are quite hard to hone because of their hard steel ?

Originally Posted by RazorMax

No I don't intend to use it but I'd like it to be restored. Did it have any value ?

Value is a subjective thing. What may be worth a lot to one person may be worth nothing to another. SRP has a policy against discussing values in the open forum.

It will ultimately boil down as to whether or not it is worth it to you.

I suggest you do a "completed auction" search on ebay for Frederick Reynolds razors and you might get some idea of what the market is on a razor like yours.

I was wondering, I don't think I overpaid it anyway. I've no intention to sale it, I'll probably put it on my display for the moment and read ( A lot ) about straight razor restoration.

thank you very much for you time.

It's getting interesting, I decided to slightly polish it with some 'Mothers Aluminium Polish'. I try not to touch the edge, I'm only polishing the 'Spine' and the 'Hollow ground' (I hope I'm using the right terms). There is a number between the schale "82B", could it be the model or just somekind of identification for the material used ? Should I avoid removing the original patine over the 'Point' ?

Whatever you paid, it was worth it to you at the time.

A good polish with Mothers won't hurt a thing. Just remember that even a razor that is too dull to shave with is still sharp enough to cut the HELL out of a finger. ( don't ask me how I know that )

If the number is inside the scales, it could be a number that was assigned to the gent that put it together. Alot of the guys were paid by piecework "back in the day".

Indeed, the ol'girl is still sharp enough to cut, sharper than any of my kitchen knives. I'll drop some pictures after I'm done cleaning it.