Thread: Strange and Different Razor!

Hi All!

This is a rather strange razor!!! It’s not mine, but it’s belongs to a good friend of mine in the UK. Originally he’d sent it to me for honing so I did and found that it took a great edge. But I thought that since it was so unique that it deserved more!

While it is a large full wedge, it didn’t hone like or shave like a heavy Sheffield Blade!!!

I was going to just touch it up with a bit of metal polish but since it was so unique I sent it to a good friend for an un-pinning, a ride on his buffers and an evaluation of what he thought of it!

Not only is rather short, but there are absolutely no stamps about who made it or where it came from. I do not believe that they were at some point in time buffed or sanded out. It did have some heavy machining marks and some still remain.

What are really baffling are the non machine marks that remain under the tang!!! It looks like the metal was folded over and over!!! You will note that the folds continue on the tail!!!

I don’t think that the picture of the polished blade would show what I’m talking about, but there are distinct ‘lines’ that aren’t parallel in the blade itself!

Any help would be appreciated!!! Especially someone with knowledge of working metal!!!

Thanks Guys!!!