Thread: I Barber stubtail

Picked this up today. Pretty phenomenal overall condition. Only noted quirk is someone, presumably int he 1800s drilled a second pivot hole I'm guessing because he thought a stubby tail was BS. A fair trade for the condition of the business end I say. Check it out.

Gave it a light polish. I don't really think it warrants more.Are these I Barbers typically near or full wedges? The fact that this has such a generally consistent, tiny bevel on such an old blade and the way it sat on the hone in such a generally advantageous manner had me wondering so I rolled it in the light after polishing to inspect the grind. Were these just made ahead of the curve or was this owned by an extremely clever man?

Nice find! I love the look of it . I bet it will shave like a dream!

I'm honing out the little chips right now and giving it a new bevel. It's taking awhile, but the bevel is coming out remarkably even and coming along in a very predictable, progressive way. It's back to shaving arm hair, but I still need to get the nubs of some chips out. After this, I am going to do a coticule with dilutions. I may or may not finish it on a vosgienne. Not sure if I want smooth sharp or scary sharp yet

It took a few hours to take out the chips and correct the heel which was not given enough honing attention in the past, but it lives to fight another day. I'm really enjoying my coticule. It doesn't hurt that it is a fast one. One funny thing is it cuts with such gusto it rendered my slurry stone from tss dead flat in short order so now it acts like a suction cup unless I keep it moving... 1k sun tiger, vintage coticule for like a dozen dilution stages before I finished under a tap and then no pressure on just water. 60/100 Illinois 827. Looking forward to trying it out.

I don't know what you are using to shoot your video but if possible, landscape orientation is preferable to portrait as you did in your first. I always feel a little frustrated, like I'm being forced to view something in another room through a slightly opened door.

Not to detract from your excellent work on the bevel restore and sharpening. Very nice.

It was shot with a Nokia Lumia 920. It is shaped sort of like a surfboard so I can't set it on its side but it does have a flat bottom hence the portrait shooting when I need to use both hands. I haven't devised a solution yet. Just a very unstable phone, even propped up against something on its side.

Originally Posted by kcb5150

Picked this up today. Pretty phenomenal overall condition. Only noted quirk is someone, presumably int he 1800s drilled a second pivot hole I'm guessing because he thought a stubby tail was BS. A fair trade for the condition of the business end I say. Check it out.

Are those the original scales? Perhaps the second pivot-pin hole was drilled for a simpler reason: the owner didn't have scales that matched the blade's length, and took the easiest route to fit a pair he had on-hand.

It's entirely possible