Thread: French point Bengall in Bloodwood with two washer pins

I pinned my second Bengall this afternoon. This is a 5/8 French point that is in super condition, no pits or stains, polished out to a nice shine. I fitted it to bloodwood scales with a matching wedge. I tried something new with the pins. I have been using 1/16 brass rod with a stainless washer and it looked good, but the stainless was just a little out of proportion to the brass pin. So, I used the same rod and stainless washer but I added a second brass washer over the stainless. It gave them a more stair stepped and decretive appearance as well as balancing out the proportions. I like it, and did it on two other blades I pinned today. The down side, it uses twice as much materials but I like them. comments?

I really like how the irradiant orange pops out in the sunlight on this wood stock. I searched through a lot of wood of find the stock that had just the right grain. This particular wood stock has a little sapwood intermixed in the heartwood which gives it a feathery iridescent look.

The blade tang is stamped Bengall (obviously) but the other side is stamped A-Bol.Boklancf maskinaffar. I assume that is the place of manufacture, anyone have any other insight? I will be listing this one for sale, soon.

More eye candy! W00T!! Another looker Dave!

I think I'm in love.....

It is beautiful! Call me an idiot, but that doesn't look like a french point in the picture.

Originally Posted by cannonfodder

The blade tang is stamped Bengall (obviously) but the other side is stamped A-Bol.Boklancf maskinaffar. I assume that is the place of manufacture, anyone have any other insight? I will be listing this one for sale, soon.

I wonder if that might be A.-Bol. Borlänge maskinaffär? I'm not sure about the A.-Bol., but Borlänge is a town in Sweden, and maskinaffär is Swedish for something like machine shop (shop as in a place of purchase, not as in workshop).

A little assistance from our friend Google led me to this page at the Royal Library of Sweden. (Click the numbers in the left frame.) It's a price list for Bengall razors, strops and strop paste. The front page states that Borlänge Maskinaffär is the main outlet of Bengall razors in Sweden at the time. The time? 1917-1918.

Oh, and my compliments on a very nice-looking razor!

Originally Posted by JMS

It is beautiful! Call me an idiot, but that doesn't look like a french point in the picture.

Maybe my definition of a French point is incorrect. I thought it was a blade that had a rounded top ending in a point at the cutting edge and a square point was exactly that, a 90 degree drop from the spine to toe.

If I am mistaken, please correct me.

^^ I think it is a French point.





RPR.

Well, I dug a little deeper. I believe a more accurate definition of a French point is a blade that has the rounded top at the spine, but the facing edge of the blade continues down in a slope, not a right angle to the point. That would make this, well, I am not sure what that would make this. A rounded top square point?

^^ I guess is a new definition.





RPR.

Nice work. Sounds like Bledge is right - the steel should be English but was made for the Swedish market. Nice post Bledge
I'd call it a Spike...but I could be wrong.