Thread: Vintage W&B from Griffith

Yes, its a pointed ridge along the top of the spine. BTW, that razor and brush on your SOTD are both beautiful.

Originally Posted by Portsecurity

Surely they were not mass produced? The scales are the same but the blades are slightly different. Glad to be able to join the club!

They didn't have programmed machines cutting blanks, but the razors were still mass produced. Scales were stamped out of horn with a press. The blade grinding, honing, and the pinning of scales was done as quickly as possible to increase efficiency. Time was money! The amount of work done by hand would lead to more variations, but they were a mass produced product.

That razor looks great by the way. That blade is polished so well it looks like liquid metal in the pic.

Thanks. It's great to learn about the history of these things.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

You betcha they were mass-produced! Looks like my blade and yours are same with that spine treatment Mike's does not seem to have?

Correct, Tom. No step in the spine, a bit more of a smile, and more of a hook in the tail, and a bit more meat, in the tang. Probably a thicker blade as well, from the looks of things. Definitely has some heft to it.