Thread: Here I am, playing seriously against type: near-mint 7/8 Bismarck

Originally Posted by Wullie

TOO easy to hone. LOL

NO challenge at all. Where's the fun in just sliding a piece of steel up and down a hone without having to go through all kinds of gyrations such as lifting the blade or sliding it off the side of the hone in one direction and rolling it the other?

Pffffft!!

This razor is easy to hone!

(Ominous music queue over faintly whistling wind.)

Too easy.

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To make up for my terrible crime, here's the razor I got as a follow up.







I think my restoration options re going to be limited, but it's not like this razors with this grind come along every day. I've never had one in my hand before, and previously the best pictures is ever seen were the engravings in the 1811 Smith's Key.

That is a weird razor, I'm not sure it was fabricated by homo sapiens. How is the blade attached to the spine or is it one piece....?
Voidmonster....your store has been down for some time on the Shivering Beggar.......but you probably knew that.

THAT'S what I'm talking about!!

Old fashioned steel, a MANLY whisker removal device. WAY COOL!!

That's like a Colt Single Action compared to a one of the new high speed/low drag, plastic pistolas that are so much in vogue.

Carry on.

Originally Posted by engine46

That's very nice MrMagnus!!!!
How's the fishing coming along in that nice boat of yours?

About 400+ perch. 20ish pikes 20ish zanders. Just took up the boat for the winter. The real fishing starts when the ice is gone again.

Originally Posted by MrMagnus

About 400+ perch. 20ish pikes 20ish zanders. Just took up the boat for the winter. The real fishing starts when the ice is gone again.

Great job my friend!!!!!!!!!!

I won a Torrey razor on eBay that is unique that is similar. It has that groove just below the spine. I'll be showing it when I get it.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

This razor is easy to hone!

(Ominous music queue over faintly whistling wind.)

Too easy.

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To make up for my terrible crime, here's the razor I got as a follow up.







I think my restoration options re going to be limited, but it's not like this razors with this grind come along every day. I've never had one in my hand before, and previously the best pictures is ever seen were the engravings in the 1811 Smith's Key.

Sweet! Funny about some of these old things. Look at the-edge to-spine. Where the hone contacts the spine.
Razors like this seem to be a 5/8 wedge with a PILE of weight behind it. Am I wrong?
Not that that's a bad thing!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Sweet! Funny about some of these old things. Look at the-edge to-spine. Where the hone contacts the spine.
Razors like this seem to be a 5/8 wedge with a PILE of weight behind it. Am I wrong?
Not that that's a bad thing!

You're right on the money!

This one is by far the most extreme example I've seen. I have a John Barber that's relatively close, but even that one doesn't have as much metal on its back as this one.

A single piece of electrical tape centered on the spine isn't wide enough to touch the part of the spine that rests on the hone.

Some of the pitting is REALLY deep, too, but I think most of it will clean up okay. I already fixed the scales.

I've got no idea what the thinking was on these monster-spine razors, but I like how they shave!