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I can think of many razors, the blades of which bear a resemblance, but they are after all, razors. Some guy comes along and says an 80 year old grinder told him that whasstheirname made all of them,...

This question reminds me of a quote from author Allan Watts regarding what is Zen Buddhism ?

"Those who know don't say, those who say don't know." ................ :thinking:

The nicest thing about Birnando giving you the razor is that he doing so with no expectation of anything in return. His reward is in the giving. :angel:

That is exactly where I'm at with the Tim Zowada meteorite steel with ivory scales ........ :w

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This conversation brings to mind the time I went into a watch repair and asked the old fellow, "Is this a 'good' watch?"

He said, "If it keeps good time, it's a good watch."

How does the razor...

In the days of old, when knife and razor grinders didn't have exhaust fans, respirators, and suffered an early death as a result, people simply didn't realize the consequences of an unprotected work...

Robeson also advertised a "Frozen Heat" IIRC. Both in their pocket knives, and in their razors. Not all of them, but some of the models. Here is an old thread on the topic with some links for further...

Here is a blurb from the Wikipedia (not ours) on this ;

Thiers Issard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lead hardening

The steel is hardened through a special process using a bath of molten...

IIRC the stipulation to mark country of origin on cutlery stemmed from a treaty, and was not an international law ....... AFAIK. Still most of them did adhere to it ....... AFAIK. Now Solingen...

We're all gentlemen here, I presume, so let's behave as such. Many companies made 'good' razors, how important is it where the blanks were sourced from ? It is a matter only for the cognoscenti to be...