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That is interesting information. I always suspected that labling them by width was a relatively new practice. I looked at all my W&B and Joseph Rodgers old boxes and no size was ever specified so...

That one may well have been a replacement blade.

John

I see what you are saying. On eBay many of the sellers know the difference and many think a straight razor is some sort of archaic gardening impliment, (just kidding of course). I have never been a...

Why are you being so obstinate? Or is it possibly a lack of gray matter? Or are you just trying to start an argument? I am pretty sure most other people knew what I was saying!

Just to...

Think Europe - think METRIC!

John

A blade the Germans sell as a 5/8 should be a 16mm blade. Sometimes it is actually an 18mm blade.

John

The blade size is ALWAYS measured from the high point on the back of the spine to the cutting edge. Everyone is confused because the only razors made today are metric.

John

That's because they are not official measurements. Remember Germany is a metric country. All the blades are metric size blades. Different people adjudicate these into our more common English size...