Frameback Razors: Show, Ask, and Tell.

I figured I would start a thread so people around here can appreciate a little used razor. I'm talking about the Frameback. There are many versions, to which I know little about. I Just want to start the Show and Tell about them, and get the pictures flowing.
I just want to say that the frameback razor is one of my favorite to shave with. Maybe because they are unique looking, but mostly because they are big and heavy, with little blade flexing and noise. At least the Japanese have little noise. The Japanese ones are usually made of a Swedish Steel/Chemical Steel/Silver Steel. Excellent, hard steel, and takes a very sharp edge. I only own three Framebacks, but I'm always on the lookout for another.

Top- "LEON PELLERAY A PARIS 17 Bis " From France. Mid 1800's-1880 est.
Middle- Japanese "Bostom 123" Chemical Steel.
Bottom- "Yaichi" Nichiri Co. LTD. Swedish Steel.

 

I Have One Frame Back that I Just Recently Acquired..A French NOS Pradat Brun Theirs FrameBack 6/8th..This One is Very Loud..It is the Loudest SR that I have in My Collection I Reckon..At 1st it Felt Kinda Like a Wedge & then that's Where the Similarity Ends for Me..It has a Very Subtle Sweet Spot or Shaving Angle but that Sweet Spot when Bang On is Ever So Sweet..Its a Piece of Industrial Art & I Like it a Lot..

Billy..

 

I've been a fan of frameback razors for some time with a number of makers, particularly those from George Wostenholm & sons.. They come in all sizes and styles….

Joseph Elliot 6/8" FB - my most recent FB acquisition, minor clean-up; took a wonderful edge. Sheffield; Late 1800s.


Thiers-Issard Model 69 (France), restored; some hone and blade wear; a decent shaver with a slightly thicker blade.


Geo Wostenholm & Sons IXL 6/8" FB; partial restore; wonderful shaver; thin tang with a heavy spine.


Geo Wostenholm & Sons IXL 8/8" FB, restored; the largest frameback I've seen; broad but thin tang, lower jimps and a broad, flat engraved blade. Different 'feel' compared to a large full-hollow blade.


Geo Wostenholm & Sons IXL 5/8" frameback partial restore; a real oddity with the deeply notched and jimped swooping tang; smooth shaver but not all that comfortable to hold as those deep jimps in the notch have edges.


Geo Wostenholm & Son 'Doubly-Carbonized' 5/8" FB -restored. Spectacular shaver. Wonderful curved blade; thick spine and tang. One of my favorites.


Jacques LeCoultre 6/8" Swiss-made FB -partial restore; replaceable blade, but alas, I have no other. Another unique FB design that is really very comfrotable with a broad, flat tang. Bulbous flat blade nose isnt good for detailing but the steel took a fine edge.


Geo Wostenholm & Sons 5/8" gold FB -Partial restore; a rarity as gold finish is very vulnerable to wear. Some blade wear and worn blade/spine engraving. Despite the heavy use this has seen, it was in remarkable shape and the steel took a very keen & comfy edge. Thin bone scales make for a very delicate razor.


Geo Wostenholm & Son Doubly-Carbonized IXL 'Battle of Selma' FB - original condition. A Civil War piece with the scales carved to reflect the historicity of the razor being "captured" by a Union soldier during the Battle of Selma. Great piece worthy of hanging. See more HERE and Here

 

Damn beautiful ! Yup I'm convinced my first straight will be a frame back. Although I'm not ready to take the plunge yet.

 

Not restored yet. It's an oddity.

 

my one and only frame back. C.V Heljestrand.wedge. this is a very good shaver.bought it Nos.

 

What a beautiful collection of frame back razors!

 

Here are my only two. Neither is shave ready at this point.

 

Very nice start, so far.
@Norcalnewb , well get to it. Get those razors honed, you won't regret it.

 

You are quite the enabler.

 

Whaaaaaat, meeeeee?

I just like seeing razors fulfill their destiny, and/or get a second chance at doing what they were made to do, shave.

 

Picked up these rusty little guys that cleaned up quite well

CV Heljstrand

 

One of my all-time favorite FBs: George Wostenholm & Sons IXL ; full-restore
Here is the original condition: 6/8" smiley blade; broad frame and wide tang. Scales were split and cracked at both ends thus needing replacement.


New black buffalo horn scales, black horn & bone wedge, brass hardware…

 

beautiful restoration !!! and razor

 

Wow!

 

Check Out this BIN French Frameback..Its A Belter..Somebody Buy it cause its Drivin Me Crazy..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162249916514?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Billy..

 

lol I would but I don't have any pounds at the moment ... well except around my mid section I can afford to give..

 

Great looking razor. Go get it Billy.
Too much on shipping, almost $20, to the states. It shouldn't be more than $9. I hate it when they try to charge excessively for shipping. Even if it's a nice razor, that type of practice just makes me pass.

 

Such beauties! Here's mine:
Appears to be a mid 19th Joesph Elliot. I started to restore it, but I'm not good enough at honing, so I set it aside to send off sometime in the future to get it properly done. I look forward to seeing what it can do, but money's been to tight lately, so we wait...

 

My two Frenchies..... The top is an early 1900's Model 69 Thiers Issard. I plan on doing more restoration and polishing on it, as well as scale replacement. The bottom is an R Cardonnel that was gifted to me by my good friend and mentor @alpla444