Thread: Wostenholm stubtail with unusual grind

That baby looks good as it is TBH.....
Maybe some polish and hone it up!
Scales are perfect looking!

This is going on right now. brutalized the chips and cracks on 120 grit wet dry put on top of a lapped carbo as a backing. These always had spines too thin relative to height so I rolled the dice grinding 1/8 off. Bevel calculations are still within range. Bevel bevel! These are just about the most fun blades to hone as far as I'm concerned. Still mounting fine in the razor as well.

Btw, for those curious. Kind of sits on a hone like a typical hollow ground so the design is actually working well.

Originally Posted by kcb5150

Btw, for those curious. Kind of sits on a hone like a typical hollow ground so the design is actually working well.

The camera can do some funny things, as to my eyes, the edge looks like it is hooked where the bevel meets the hone. It isn't, just looks like it.
And that razor....ultra!
I turn into a kid again when I see a new (to me) grind. And that one is amazing! Beautiful razor all around.

Yep, optical illusion from the upturned toe being head on. Normal Sheffield honing rules apply, rolling x required. Wostenholm's grindings consistently impress me. Fastidious by Sheffield standards.

Apparently, half rattler is the term for this grind

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I was thinking that grind was a Barber's Rattler ? OTOH .......... I could be wrong, was wrong once before .... Nice blade !

I thought a rattler was just a frameback with a slightly wider frame?



This picture shows it as a concave grind, though I'm not sure about who made it.

With many things it depends who and when you ask. See Ken Hawley's notes here:

http://fm.typepad.com/files/shefield...ey20121126.pdf

You may be surprised at a few of the terms.

Originally Posted by kcb5150

I THINK it is called double concave grind

I think this is an example of the double concave grind:

Seriously, it looks amazing as it is now. And the scales look grand as well. To me, that is a keeper just as you have it.