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

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!