Thread: Simmons Hardware Co.

Cool, thanks for the catalog links...neat stuff!

deffinatly a cool find. awesome work man

Unfortunately, it seems the honing job may not have been as good as it could have, and I'd hate to send it out again. From the middle to the heel is good and keen, though from the middle out to the toe, not quite so great. Led to a pretty sub-par first shave...kind of disappointing. I do have some of the Thiers Issard paste coming on Thursday. I'm hoping that will bring out the edge on the toe end. It's not dull, but just uneven across the blade and I really hope the paste can fix me up.

Brought it up to par! I got my TI paste in the mail today and figured I'd give it a go on my newest razor since the hone job wasn't the best...figured it couldn't hurt to try the paste. It took a while of paste/crox/IrOx/strop then test. Did the rounds of that 3-4 times (yes it did take a while), but it shaves amazing now. Almost as good as my dovo, it could use a bit more work, but still very acceptable.

So apparently this paste works pretty good, and it lets me enjoy the newest razor addition.

My two Keen-Kutters are excellent shavers.

I have a 5/8" number 8 that I really like.Was pretty dull but honed and stropped real easy and shaves great!

Slawman

One of my favorites at this moment,
a 6/8" pre-KeenKutter Simmons.
Doesn't say where it was made,
so before 1891?. Correct me if I'm wrong.
A flea market find. Quick touch on a
B-hone & stropped, it shaves well.

E.C. Simmons started out in Sheffield if i remember right. I have some Keen Kutter's & they are astonishing. I have one Keen Kutter that is mint & dressed in Ivory scales. I'll find it & post a pic.

I just got a mine in the mail. Wanting to research it better and try to nail down a date range.

Originally Posted by mdeamicis

I just got a mine in the mail. Wanting to research it better and try to nail down a date range.

I think I have one of those. That's a beauty. Very little hone wear on it or it's just the way it looks. That would be a good candidate for some Mother's, Maas or Flitz. It'll shine like a new one.