Sweeney Todd, - Not an Ebay question

I know there's lots of topics on the sweeney todd razors form ebay, and they're all cheap shit. In the movie though when they were custom made Johnny Depp requested them to be push button released (like a switch blade) And these were made, and all sorted... Now my question is how the hell would u go about doing something like that? I personally think that would be awesome for the shave, Looking in the mirror, beards preped... click, razors ready :D

Would it be possible to do for a practical shave? Time and fiddly bits don't really matter when it comes to custom blades, the different the better i say

push button released

Thanks

Shannon

I think it would be cool, but it would be best if it opened more than 180*. It's also great to see Johnny talk about razors and how he wanted custom touches. Maybe he's got RAD and is a secret member on here.

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Originally Posted by burns420

Maybe he's got RAD and is a secret member on here.

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If he is a member here I sure hope his stropping has improved.

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Yeah, I remember that scene where he strops very slowly with the edge leading and the spine raised. My family got a bit annoyed with me pointing out all the shaving errors in that film..!

Sadly, spring loaded blades are illegal in a lot of places.
I would also think they would be dangerous and hard to hone, since the angle to open it to for shaving isn't the same as for honing.

I think it would be great to see somthing like that that is really a shaver. Can you imagine what your wifes would say? "What, you got what? Your gonna rip your face off."

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Originally Posted by prosneek

I think it would be great to see somthing like that that is really a shaver. Can you imagine what your wifes would say? "What, you got what? Your gonna rip your face off."

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My wife already says that:argue:

:D legalities aside :D cause none of us do anything illegal :D I personally reckon, that would be the coolest shave ever! click, bang razors out... honing wise, you'd be able to semi close the scales they just wouldn't fold all the way back... or do they need to? I'm as yet to learn to hone... My wife would just shake her head and walk away... I've found it's better to ask forgiveness then permission most of the time :D

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Originally Posted by Shopi

:D legalities aside :D cause none of us do anything illegal :D I personally reckon, that would be the coolest shave ever! click, bang razors out... honing wise, you'd be able to semi close the scales they just wouldn't fold all the way back... or do they need to? I'm as yet to learn to hone... My wife would just shake her head and walk away... I've found it's better to ask forgiveness then permission most of the time :D

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Honing aside, it doesn't open up far enough for most styles of shaving... Only far enough to be a knife... That's why, if you look closely in the movie, the bevel is massive...

Or just make it 2 positions-straight open for honing or whatever, and shave position. I don't think spring assisted blades are illegal in most places, at least that's what the sign in the knife store here says. He sells all kinds of them.

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Originally Posted by burns420

Or just make it 2 positions-straight open for honing or whatever, and shave position. I don't think spring assisted blades are illegal in most places, at least that's what the sign in the knife store here says. He sells all kinds of them.

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If it's spring loaded, it probably can't have two positions (and, the technology to pull that off would cost a metric ****ton to have one custom made)

Also, spring ASSISTED is not illegal, that would be a knife with manual automation of the blade via thumbstud (or the Kershaw back flipper) or some other means of actuating the blade. However, the one pictured here is automatic (Press a button, receive a blade) and that is usually illegal. Knife shows still sell them though, as do most cheap-knife shops... Most quality knife makers don't sell automatics unless you are on duty, or in law enforcement (EG: Benchmade, Kershaw, Boker, etc)

that sucks.. had all the toes and fingers crossed :(

Isn't that illegal? Here if a knife has a spring that causes the blade to come out fast is considered to be illegal.
Ah.... that reminds me the long discussions I had with the lady in the customs department because of the straight razors I bought where she was charging me for importing weapons.
She: "The blade has more than 10cms, so it's a weapon, according to our legislation"
Me: "No, the cutting edge has about 7 cm."
She: "It has more than 10 cm. Our "technicians" measured it"
Me: "They measured it wrong." (sigh) :rant:
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Offtopic, I know...:boohoo:

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Originally Posted by Shopi

:D legalities aside :D cause none of us do anything illegal :D I personally reckon, that would be the coolest shave ever! click, bang razors out... honing wise, you'd be able to semi close the scales they just wouldn't fold all the way back... or do they need to? I'm as yet to learn to hone... My wife would just shake her head and walk away... I've found it's better to ask forgiveness then permission most of the time :D

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That's what I was saying, spring assisted would be legal, and you could do 2 positions with it fairly easily, it would just require a second notch to stop it. Of course that would mean having to push it twice to get it to shave position.

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Originally Posted by burns420

That's what I was saying, spring assisted would be legal, and you could do 2 positions with it fairly easily, it would just require a second notch to stop it. Of course that would mean having to push it twice to get it to shave position.

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Spring assisted, and button activated aren't the same thing. Spring assisted is legal. Button activated is not.

And there are a myriad of different engineering hurdles in what you are proposing.. I'm not saying it's impossible, just incredibly difficult... Also, what about all the people who vary the scale to blade angle while shaving? Thereisn't one "set" shaving angle...

It's a movie prop, and it's cool... But that's all it is.

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Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

... Also, what about all the people who vary the scale to blade angle while shaving? There isn't one "set" shaving angle...

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That´s it :tu

I'm not saying to make it automatic, just spring assist. When I said push it twice, I didn't mean push a button twice, I meant push the blade twice. It can be as simple or as complicated as the guy making it wants it to be. I have an idea that I'm sure would work fir having a spring assist with 2 positions, but I am not a knife maker and don't have the tools or the skill to build it. In my experiences with mechanical systems I've found there is generally a simple way and a complicated way of accomplishing the same thing. Of course it wouldn't be perfect for everyone to use, but straight razors in general aren't for everyone. It's just fantasy and talk though.

Of course you could always make it spring assist or automatic with the ability to disable the blade lock when opened, allowing the angle to be changed Luke on an ordinary straight.

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Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

If it's spring loaded, it probably can't have two positions (and, the technology to pull that off would cost a metric ****ton to have one custom made)

Also, spring ASSISTED is not illegal, that would be a knife with manual automation of the blade via thumbstud (or the Kershaw back flipper) or some other means of actuating the blade. However, the one pictured here is automatic (Press a button, receive a blade) and that is usually illegal. Knife shows still sell them though, as do most cheap-knife shops... Most quality knife makers don't sell automatics unless you are on duty, or in law enforcement (EG: Benchmade, Kershaw, Boker, etc)

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Originally Posted by ShavedZombie

Spring assisted, and button activated aren't the same thing. Spring assisted is legal. Button activated is not.

And there are a myriad of different engineering hurdles in what you are proposing.. I'm not saying it's impossible, just incredibly difficult... Also, what about all the people who vary the scale to blade angle while shaving? Thereisn't one "set" shaving angle...

It's a movie prop, and it's cool... But that's all it is.

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I have to think hard enough not to cut myself with a regular razor. If I had an automatic or spring assist I would have change my name to stubby.:dropjaw:



Charlie