Nice catch, @exocet - you don't see many of those!
Straight Razor Acquisition Thread
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thanks Frank, indeed, I'm very happy.
Picked up a beautiful 6/8 Johan Engstrom Ran-tan-ka-rus. I love the bone scales!
Fila 14 received. Need a good refresh but I'm happy 
I spent two weeks in Spain and picked up a few momentos. Found the baby Filarmonica Doble Temple 4/8 in an old-school knife shop.
These two unusual profile Bengalls, complete with a pretty smart case, popped up on FB Marketplace the other day for not a huge amount of $.
Just received them and I’m rather pleased - they’re in very good condition and shouldn’t take long to get to working order. The second, horn-scaled, one is particularly nice I think.
Just received them and I’m rather pleased - they’re in very good condition and shouldn’t take long to get to working order. The second, horn-scaled, one is particularly nice I think.
Not Fair! I want! lol!
I was thinking that about an 8" Washita for $2.45.
Very interesting & unique! Very NICE! Congrats on that find.
Steve56
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That's interesting Steve. Fish looks different but it's the only thing I have to go on so I'll look into it.
Thanks
Steve56
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YW sir, good hunting.
Haha! They're quite cool aren't they. I don't usually bother making old razors look completely shiny and pristine again, so it's nice occasionally to get ones that pretty much are already
.Does anybody know what the kind of little extra bump bit on the heel is for...? (@Steve56)
I know @Luc did some very interesting research into this exact razor, but I'm not sure the purpose of the bump was ever got to the bottom of (apart from apparently it's going to be a pain to hone!)
Straight Razor Chronicle - Volume 4 - Ward Bros. Melbourne
I will not kill all the work on this but be aware that the 'Ward Bros.' in this post is not the same Ward Bros that made the razor. The correct Ward Bros is in post #11. This research is long overdue. I was given this straight razor by johnmrson in exchange of doing the research. I...
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Steve56
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Pretty sure that it’s just for show.
Haha! They're quite cool aren't they. I don't usually bother making old razors look completely shiny and pristine again, so it's nice occasionally to get ones that pretty much are already
Does anybody know what the kind of little extra bump bit on the heel is for...? (@Steve56)
I know @Luc did some very interesting research into this exact razor, but I'm not sure the purpose of the bump was ever got to the bottom of (apart from apparently it's going to be a pain to hone!)
Straight Razor Chronicle - Volume 4 - Ward Bros. Melbourne
I will not kill all the work on this but be aware that the 'Ward Bros.' in this post is not the same Ward Bros that made the razor. The correct Ward Bros is in post #11. This research is long overdue. I was given this straight razor by johnmrson in exchange of doing the research. I...
I had one with a big heel and ended up using a Dremel. It was a pain to hone. Sure, I could've worked around it but it was easier to remove it. It wasn't a popular venue but it was pain. Did it add anything to the shave? I did not notice anything.
Regrinding the heel of a straight razor?
Okay, I got a few that need the heel to be regrind. I did not see any procedures or how-to guide to do this on the forum. I was going to take a wheel to do this but before I get there, how am I going to hold the razor, which grind should I use as a wheel? Then, still thinking, maybe a...
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Steve56
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You can simply not run the stabilizer up on the hone or you can grind the heel off.
Either will work, but learning to not hone the stabilizer is a skill worth acquiring IMO, especially if you hone razors for others who may not care for a ground off heel or a honed stabilizer. They generally want their razor back looking like it was when it was sent.
Yeah - I have in the past found myself honing the stabilizer on razors a bit, so pay more attention to it now. TBH I don't really use the very heel of a razor's edge much, so don't really need to push it as far as possible.
That particular razor I actually found very easy to hone, and the bump bit didn't appear to make any difference at all. I assumed I wasn't meant to try be honing the bump bit - to my mind it's just a bump rather than being an extension of the edge (?)
Correct. And it shouldn't get in the way of the honing.
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