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IN your post (#83) the close-up looks like an LI to me. I have seen similar patterns before on hones - I'm sure there was one posted on Olivia's forum (perhaps Piet will remember) - I think...

That's quite possible, Martin. But unless we find hard evidence we can only surmise - and we all know what a twisting, winding, unsatisfactory road that is.

Regards,
Neil

That's a risky assumption: basing the origin of the company on the steel used. Doesn't work with straight razors and I'm pretty sure it doesn't with DE razors either. From what I can gather, DEs...

The wrapper specifically mentions razors (rasoirs) and razor blades (lames des rasoirs) - a 'lame' being a DE razor blade. It looks like VMA made razor blades, too:

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Regards,
Neil

It certainly says for razors, use like you would ordinary leather - which I supose means a strop. Odd though - spine leading?

Regards,
Neil

Certainly looks like a variety of Llyn Idwal, especially if those two circular spots are percussion bulb (aka 'conchoidal') fractures. Flints and other hard, glassy stones often show a shell-shaped...

Approx. 200mm x 50mm x 25mm with very little variation. As Ardsprach said they were cut in numbers by an automatic jig machine. The machine had lots of blades like saws arranged in a series of...

Hi Matt,

You are lucky your wife just calls you colour-blind: mine is much more insulting! :)

I have a small thuringian about the same colour as the bottom pic, it's a very good finisher. A...

Wow - that's some funky lighting you have got going on there! It looks grey, then purple, then green! What is it's true colour? Does it slurry easily? That dark inclusion - what colour is it - CFs...