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Just polished this up. Sorry in advance for the glare and bad photography. Unfortunately, revealed quite a bit of pitting after the clean up. Next in line for honing. Problem is the line gets longer and longer. Another hopeful. I believe it to be a Spanish point. Neat spine although has the slightest frown on the blade. Should hone out okay.
Actually, maybe more of a square point with a hollow spine. My bad...
Just my take,
With the sway back spine, It is a natural to follow that on the bevel and edge. That will cure the frown and give the razor its original look. A layer of tape on the spine and careful circles at each end till you have the curve and then fresh tape and take her home.
That is a nice razor and deserves to look and shave as it did back in the day!
Your ideas may vary and so they should!
~Richard
Looks more square than anything else!
I suspect that may be a re-grind.
I have one similar.
http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/u...Butcher003.jpg
Not sure how I would recognize a re-grind.?.?
Blade shape primarily. If you look at your razor, you can see that the tip of the "M" is ground off. Same with mine. Check the stabilizers front and back and see if they match perfectly or are a bit off from each other. Since yours has been buffed a lot of the signs of regrind are harder to see. A lot of times the finish on the blade will look newer than the tang indicating that metal has been removed. The style of the finish may not match what is on the tang. Just looking at the tang and the stamping leads me to believe that razor was made before significantly hollow ground blades with square points were popular. Some razors it is very obvious, others not so much. You'll get a better feel for it, the more razors you look at and mess with.
There were lots of tinkers back in the day that would regrind a worn razor for less than it would cost to buy a new one. They would modernize it and give it new life. A re-grind is not necessarily a bad thing. Razors were tools to be used and used they were. A purist collector may not desire a regrind, but for someone that wants a vintage razor that will more than likely shave as good as new one, a reground razor isn't a problem. The one I posted shaves very nicely and is easy to hone. judging from the scales on mine, I think it may have been an 8/8 with a hollow point at one point in its life. It's a bit over 7/8 now. It shaves as good as any of my bigger blades and I got it for a song.
What song Wullie?
Wullie singing his heart out for a razor - I'm not surprised he got it (well, surprised he didn't get it somewhere tender), after the old owner had sliced his own ears off...Quote:
Originally Posted by engine46
Just joking - I'm sure you have a fine voice Wullie (if one is tone deaf...!) :)
Regards,
Neil
I can't carry a tune in a bucket. The guy gave me the razor to make me quit singing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neil Miller
SO far, both me buccaneers are still on the sides of me buckin 'ead. ;)