Thread: Wilkinson Sword Seven Day Set

That is one very nice piece of kit, congrats. If you are a true "collector" it will remain NOS and get squirreled away for posterity. Not much fun doing that though.

The kit I have is not close to NOS and the blades were chippy. For me the blades were a pita to hone the chips out on regular hones. I have only done a few because of that and am waiting for the next time I am feeling masochistic to do another one up. You are far ahead of the game with NOS blades.

Shaving with them is an experience for sure. I found them awkward and unbalanced to use compared to my Rolls Razor. Like the Rolls Razor it is like using an adze to shave with and the angle on the blade is similar to using a straight razor. Definitely a unique razor offering a unique shaving experience. Enjoy your set.

Bob

My wife's aunt (in her 90s) talked of her father honing and stropping razor blades.

Wonder if this was the type of gear he owned?

Originally Posted by rolodave

My wife's aunt (in her 90s) talked of her father honing and stropping razor blades.

Wonder if this was the type of gear he owned?

I have another set inbound that is also a Wilkinson Sword, but the blades are much larger and hollow ground, very similar in size to my Henckels Rapide. I know Dorko also made a similar razor, so in theory it could be any one of those. I suppose the little glass dishes used to colluded razor blade hones too. I think it is kind of cool to have a few pieces from each stage of the evolution of shaving.

Aren't those blades in your set hollow ground?

Bob

Yes the blades in my set are hollow ground. I have seen older blades that look much more wedge shaped. My blades are also very small. It will be interesting to put all of my blades side by side when the new set shows up.

Beautiful. I'd definitely be tempted to use them. I love how they still have the grease on them.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Yes the blades in my set are hollow ground. I have seen older blades that look much more wedge shaped. My blades are also very small. It will be interesting to put all of my blades side by side when the new set shows up.

OK, yea mine are hollow ground too. Looks like a heavy hollow ground though. Playing with one blade now and it is only about 12 mm top of spine to edge and the spine is about 3 mm wide.

Bob

Originally Posted by Phrank

Beautiful - think that may be the second one I've ever seen still with the wrapper on the strop - awesome.

How are the blades for sharpness? Do they need to be honed?

Andrew, you might have seen mine. It still has the wrapper on the strop plus i have the white bag the set goes in.