Thread: Tapered blades.

@Phrank

That is one super looking piece. I bet it will shave like a dream.

Congrats

Hello guys,

Sorry to resurrect an almost 2 years old thread but I'd like to have you opinion about this Rodgers: tappered or not tappered ?


That was before I cleaned it, now it looks like this (but the tappering is less visible):


So, was it factory tappered or is it just used and was supposed to look like this when new:

Originally Posted by inoe

Hello guys,

Sorry to resurrect an almost 2 years old thread but I'd like to have you opinion about this Rodgers: tappered or not tappered ?


That was before I cleaned it, now it looks like this (but the tappering is less visible):


So, was it factory tappered or is it just used and was supposed to look like this when new:

Well, neither. The first one you show is not tapered originally. This is evidenced immediately by the massive hone wear at the toe which is why the taper has formed, but also on weaker evidence that this style and time period doesn't turn up tapered examples really. They were mainly a fad in the 1830s-40s (Lummus points this out too).

It would have been a fairly even design like the second razor, but not directly comparable since those are a few decades apart (the first being 1820s and the second not having a clear date identifier but I would guess 1860s-90s).

Thank you ScienceGuy, that was my feeling too but that topic made me doubt... By the way, than you again for all the usefull informations.

For the second, I wouldn't have tell 1890s... They both share the same IMPROVED SILVER STEEL mention, so naively thought it may have been from the 1840s or 1850s... Like an hommage to the GR crowned first.

Originally Posted by inoe

For the second, I wouldn't have tell 1890s... They both share the same IMPROVED SILVER STEEL mention, so naively thought it may have been from the 1840s or 1850s... Like an hommage to the GR crowned first.

Well this is a guess just based on my experience. Please don't take it as a definite date. It is possible it could be 1840s-50s.

Nice pair of Joseph Rogers whatever the date ........ love those Sheffield wedges with genuine ivory scales ..........

Here's my cleaned up Greaves & Sons Sheaf Works tapered razor.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...ght-razor.html

Cheetah

And I had to dig this one up but apparently I have a Wade & Butcher tapered as well that I forgot about.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/show-...ers-notch.html

CMP

Nice Cheetah.

Originally Posted by Grazor

Nice Cheetah.

Thank you kind sir. I haven't seen any tapered bladed come my way lately.
These two I got early on just around the time that I started collecting in 2012

CMP