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Vintage Bengall Cast Sheffield Straight Razor with Old Optician Glasses Box | eBay
Seller originally listed this within the hour for $25 opening Auction bid or $35 Buy it Now with $6 Shipping. I messaged him and worked out $30 Shipped. Now to receive it and know the rust off of it. Nice common but fairly Historic blade.
If found in the wild I would have offered less but on eBay you don't have as much leeway to dicker. I feel $30 shipped is a fair deal.
Not bad at all, no so sure if the scales can be saved but nevertheless a nice early Bengall, i would think that this razor is close to being bicentennial.
I am actually thinking 1880's myself...late Cast Steel piece..not as early as most would think. Like I said in original post...a common razor but one that I will likely sand the rust off as well as sand and oil the horn scales...hone and use until I get bored with it and pass it along at a reasonable price thanks to my entry point.
One point of interest is the #s scratched into the scales. There was a whole thread with theories about what the significance of these markings are. Some thought it was a code used by a honer, a barber ....... IIRC Tom (Sharpton) has a number of them. I don't think anyone ever figured out what they mean for sure. Another straight razor mystery. :cool:
My guess would be 1840 give or take a few, that stamp can be found on very early Bengall's.
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