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Thread: William Greaves and Sons Chinese Razor

  1. 01-24-2014, 03:02 PM #1
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    Default William Greaves and Sons Chinese Razor

    Name: Greaves.jpg Views: 311 Size: 28.2 KB I recently won this Greaves on the Bay. There was one bidder. I don't know if anyone has had this experience but it is kind of an eerie experience being the only bidder on a razor. Further, there is no information on the Forum about the Greaves Chinese Razor.....so if anyone has any info, it would be appreciated. Regardless of what shakes out I really like this razor and am looking forward to putting it back in service.
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    I have one. It's by far my favorite razor. I picked it up on Ebay taking a chance, the pictures were very bad. It shaves like a dream. It came with bug eaten scales and just dirty from age. I sent it to gssixgun and pretty much asked him to "pretty it up". He didn't let me down. The blade etching was too light to save, but I told him I didn't care. I'm always looking for another one, I just love this razor!
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    Wow - never seen one of those blades - great looking razors...love what Glen did as far as the restore.

    Those are keepers!!

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    I have the same razor but it has no maker on the blade and the scales have some Chinese or Japanese on them. I was told it was Japanese and if I remember correctly it said something about a flower or a girl can't remember I posted pictures on here of it sorry I don't know how to put a link to the post.
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    I have seen alto of Chinese razors from this era but neveer a greaves. Very nice, enjoy!
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    I have a Joseph Eliot Chinese razor that is pretty awesome despite being reground at some point.
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