Thread: Is this legit? (From a newbie)

Originally Posted by Willisf

From the pic Roy posted above.... Those 2 razors could be from the Revolutionary War Era. Even if they aren't....they are still some very old straight razors. Would look nice in anyone's collection IMO. The marking on one of the tangs is "GB" I can't make out the other one.

You are correct - one of them has the Maltese Cross and the GB stamp - a George Brittain Anchor razor, very rare and a very old example - sweet.

Nice case as well, very nice! Good Luck to all...

Thank you everyone for the great advice! Thank you cudarunner, I read the entire link and learnt a lot! Now I just have to try to retain it!! As far as the razors in auction,
How often are antique razors, such as those
counterfeited?

Originally Posted by jackcross

Thank you everyone for the great advice! Thank you cudarunner, I read the entire link and learnt a lot! Now I just have to try to retain it!! As far as the razors in auction,
How often are antique razors, such as those
counterfeited?

For the current $116 bid, would it be worth it to counterfeit 2 very old razors?

I'm sure the seller intends the price to go up significantly

I'm kind of weird though... When I would buy coins (Roman and Greek) I could care less of the value. To me it was the historic interest. I prefer personable objects too... It's a nice connection to our past. When I retire off the force I plan on passing my service pistol
down to my son as well.

Originally Posted by jackcross

Thank you everyone for the great advice! Thank you cudarunner, I read the entire link and learnt a lot! Now I just have to try to retain it!! As far as the razors in auction,
How often are antique razors, such as those
counterfeited?

I don't think you have to worry about someone counterfeiting too many razors. Razors are not cheap to make to start. Only way I could see someone is maybe switch the blades around or not describing the razor in honest detail.

One thing to add.... I think most straight razor forgeries occurred back in the 1800s. Finding a fake razor these days is not very common.

GB is a little later, maybe late 18th. The other one is earlier, 1770s-80s era +/-, that's when that particular blade shape had a large popularity. To get more refined dates you'd have to track down that mark. It doesn't appear in Gales & Martin or Sketchley under razor makers, so it could be buried in the other sections if they weren't making razors at the time. A good possibility that the case is contemporary to the razors.

No these are really not counterfeited. Even the more valuable razors are generally too niche I think for people to want to copy them, with not a huge return on investment.

Ive got my sniper site ready to swoop on this in the last seconds.

Im bidding,

Muehahahahahaha!!!