napoleon
The Bee's Knee's
The only Croatian SE user!
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Post by napoleon on Oct 15, 2009 2:07:32 GMT -5
The what??! The first time I've heard of these kind of blades.  I mean, I know of the Star, Kampfe blades, but never heard of gem blades. And since they are pictured next to "regular" lather catchers, that take normal SE blades, I assume they were made for them. I tried putting a Star blade in my lather catcher, and as I recall, it didn't fit. Anybody have these kind of blades? |
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Post by wchnu on Oct 15, 2009 2:12:42 GMT -5
My 1911 Gem junior came with 7 Gem blades but do not say hollow ground. just Gem Cutlery Co, Ny on one side and Gem Junior on the other. They are in good shape looks like to me.
Fuzzy
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Post by Possum on Oct 15, 2009 3:00:23 GMT -5
By the look of the pix napoleon has posted the hollow ground blades are what I would refer to and maybe even Dave would as "wedge" blades. These are the blades that you need to hone and strop to keep sharp. They are not disposable.
Fuzzy, are the blades in your 1911 similar to the modern SE blades in look? I have a bunch of vintage GEM blades that came with one of my lather catchers, not sure if it is the 1911 Elite GEM Jr or one of the other ones. But they seem to be disposable and not of the wedge variety. It would be very interesting if your 1911 model came with "wedge" blades.
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omegapd
Lather Catcher
Noxzema Man...
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Post by omegapd on Oct 15, 2009 6:29:35 GMT -5
This one came with the razor. Only Gem blade I have.  |
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Post by wchnu on Oct 15, 2009 12:22:09 GMT -5
By the look of the pix napoleon has posted the hollow ground blades are what I would refer to and maybe even Dave would as "wedge" blades. These are the blades that you need to hone and strop to keep sharp. They are not disposable. Fuzzy, are the blades in your 1911 similar to the modern SE blades in look? I have a bunch of vintage GEM blades that came with one of my lather catchers, not sure if it is the 1911 Elite GEM Jr or one of the other ones. But they seem to be disposable and not of the wedge variety. It would be very interesting if your 1911 model came with "wedge" blades. They are not the wedge blades. They are the new type. They are the first I have seen that said Gem Junior on them. Fuzzy |
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Post by Admin on Oct 15, 2009 13:37:19 GMT -5
bryce is right. theyre wedge blades. im still trying to figure out how long they made wedge blade razors. couldnt be more than a few years after.
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Post by Possum on Oct 15, 2009 14:57:11 GMT -5
Dave,
I'm right only because you educated me well. ;D
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Post by Admin on Oct 15, 2009 17:19:21 GMT -5
hahaha  |
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Post by wchnu on Oct 15, 2009 17:25:50 GMT -5
Dave, I'm right only because you educated me well. ;D (Cough) suckup (cough) |
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Post by Possum on Oct 15, 2009 18:13:07 GMT -5
Sucking up is right. I know my place in the pecking order on this forum and in knowledge of SE razors. ;D ;D ;D
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