Thread: Antique shop score!!!

Used the Gem Junior today. Forgot how unforgiving these Gems can be if you lose concentration. Great shave but left me with a tiny bit of burn and a couple of weepers. Also used the Fuller brush for the first time. First synthetic that I've had that I liked. Whipped up a nice luxurious lather with some Arko cream.

Isn't this grind called a concave grind?

Originally Posted by Cage

Isn't this grind called a concave grind?

Could be, but I've got a razor that says full concave ground on it and it doen't have the belly like the Robeson has.

I've always called it a concave grind. I've had a couple of them (I don't remember what the brands were). Both really nice shavers.

Congrats on the haul!

[QUOTE=Theseus;897130] I'm especially excited about the Robeson as it has an odd grind. It starts out as a full hollow and thickens out to more of a wedge shape towards the edge. In the pic you can see the line on the blade where it becomes thicker. QUOTE]

What you are referring to is hard to see from the pic, it just looks like the reflection off the razor. But I know exactly what you are talking about - I have a Frederick Reynolds with that exact grind, just waiting for me to restore. It is an odd grind, but an image of it can be found in the wiki for those who don't know. I'm curious to know how it hones and shaves!

Originally Posted by Theseus

Could be, but I've got a razor that says full concave ground on it and it doen't have the belly like the Robeson has.

Well whatever its called, congrats Nice looking razors.

It's called a bellied hollow. I think the thickness towards the bevel was supposed to add some rigidity to the blade.

Nice score! Thats a very cool grind on that razor.

Just finished honing the Queen Cutter. Wow, what a PITA! Not only is it very hard American steel, but the person who had it before me had breadknifed it. I've never spent so much time setting a bevel. Thanks to me accidentaly dropping my 220, I had to spend over an hour on my King 800 just to get the bevel right. I firmly believe that people who breadknife have a special place in hell.

Just to finish up my review of what I bought. I shaved with the Crown Cutlery "Queen Cutter" today. After the first swipe I had to slightly mute the tip; a little too spikey for me. Once I did that the shave was wonderfully smooth. It had that nice, crisp feeling edge that the harder American steels tend to take. Almost worth the time and energy spent honing it after the breadknifing.