Thread: I hope it's not just shinny

I saw this one and it looked ok. I had one of the same name a couple of years ago and decided to give this one a try. It says it's a 6/8 and i see no rust and the scales don't seem to be cracked. I got at little cost so good or not it want be too bad. I forgot in case the name doesn't come out good it's an I Barber.

Okay , you caught me not looking. I have wanted one of those so long I forgot about them :<0) Nice grab and hope it shaves right out of the mailbox.

Roger you seem to always be able to find these fine razors. I,m doing something wrong, but I guess I don't look that hard. Tc

That's a beauty with very little wear.

I have been watching some of his razors. That one is nice and there is nothing wrong with it being shiny, but the shine comes from regrinding - the entirety of the blade has seen a contact grinder sometime after it was made, probably to get rid of rust (it is not an original finish). A lot of blades coming out of the Doyle collections were like this, I would be interested to see if there are numbers on the pile side scales.

It is a nice piece and I imagine will shave quite nicely - I have had a few I Barbers.

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

I have been watching some of his razors. That one is nice and there is nothing wrong with it being shiny, but the shine comes from regrinding - the entirety of the blade has seen a contact grinder sometime after it was made, probably to get rid of rust (it is not an original finish). A lot of blades coming out of the Doyle collections were like this, I would be interested to see if there are numbers on the pile side scales.

It is a nice piece and I imagine will shave quite nicely - I have had a few I Barbers.

There are no. on the back side of the sscales near the wedge pin. 1867 is what it looks like but then again i may be wrong on the 6. the 6 may be something else. I know it's been cleaned up some because the dark around the hinge pin is still there. I'll know when i get in hand whether i keep it or not now it's just waiting.

Here is a similarly retouched/reground Greaves I had that came from part of a collection from Doyle, to give an example of the numbers:

Here's one of my I Barber's. I think I have a total of 3. I'm pretty sure one of my other ones is an Old English like this one if not all of them. I have a few Old english made by different makers, one being a G. Wostenholm.



It's sharp & ready because when I got it out, it got ahold of my thumb & wouldn't let go like doing the thumbpad test. I'll know for sure when I shave with it.

Well i got this one today and it looks like it's just shinny. It is a re-grind and an un-even re-grind at that. The front is ground less than the back. Something i didn't see in the photos. We can't win every time now can we.

Originally Posted by rhensley

Well i got this one today and it looks like it's just shinny. It is a re-grind and an un-even re-grind at that. The front is ground less than the back. Something i didn't see in the photos. We can't win every time now can we.

Sorry..........