An old Fredrick Reynolds. Deeply reground. Minus notch so shorter.
Scales are Ern (USA) variant of Zepp and Ern Jr scales. German Silver.
I think stamped in Germany and assembled in USA. 1930's?
Silly contraption which turned out perfect. :D
An old Fredrick Reynolds. Deeply reground. Minus notch so shorter.
Scales are Ern (USA) variant of Zepp and Ern Jr scales. German Silver.
I think stamped in Germany and assembled in USA. 1930's?
Silly contraption which turned out perfect. :D
Indeed, an old wedge which is not rusted/honed/stropped to death should be left alone IMO.
The ones I have were probably done a century or more ago.
I tend to think the advent of the Hexe grinding machine in the 1890's likely contributed to this....
I've got a FBU that's been reground thin, like yours.
Actually... Its bellied. So maybe thinner than yours.
Rings on stone or face.
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That is likely the Hexe what done that! ;)
Yep, I've got one like that too.
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Mine sings on the stones, strop and face also Mike, and also bellied. Absolutely fabulous shaver. Mine still has the notch though. I have to be a little careful since the edge rounds the corner at the toe. It's almost as easy to get myself with it as a spike or Spanish point but it sure is handy for touch up and trimming around the mustache.
Edit: oh yeah, you can't see the stamp in the pics I posted but it's a W&B FBU also.