Thread: Strange and Different Razor!

Originally Posted by cudarunner

Originally I'd thought same, however I've worked in a machine shop and my father was a veteran and accomplished machinist and those marks under the shank and extending to the tail are definitely NOT MACHINE MARKS!

The marks on the tang and tail don't have to be related to the look of the razor. It definitely looks to be a shortened regrind to me.

Originally Posted by jcline

Looks kinda like when you draw file in the wrong direction or file with a dull or clogged file to me. I've more than once wished I'd stopped to wire brush the file instead of leaving a gouge in an otherwise flat and brilliant surface.

Something like that, yes.
This loos like a regrind / shortened razor to me.
The fact that there are no machine marks is really not that interesting.
First of all, it could have been done a long time ago, but even then, it would just be finished properly.
If I grind a razor, there ar eno machine marks left by the end either.