Thread: Is this legit? (From a newbie)

I saw this on eBay... Wondering if it could
be legit.... Antique American Revolutionary War 18th Century Straight Razors | eBay

They look old and appear to be made in the time period.

I would get in touch with Voidmonster for an educated evaluation.

Look legit to me. The one on the left should be relatively easy to restore if the other side of the blade is in a similar condition.

They look legit. Whether they were used by someone fighting in the civil war will be hard to prove. I would agree with civil war era.

I had a Civil War era razor, an NR Dodge with the unit markings - those razors look to be the period in the early 1800's, stub tails, rather than more recent razors from around 1865, Civil War period.

Here is a Civil War era straight razor I had, sent back to it's home in the USA and restored by SRP member Wolfpack:

Jack,

Check this link out. It will be helpful, start reading at the top and as you read down you'll see some pictures of some of the older razors and how to 'date them'

The straight razor - Straight Razor Place Library

These razors claim to be revolutionary war not civil. That would be post 1776. They look right but that style was used until 1810-1820 maybe?

The razors *may* be that early, or not. Either way, there is no provenance provided so a claim of 'American Revolutionary War' is pushing it, in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Hacker7

These razors claim to be revolutionary war not civil. That would be post 1776. They look right but that style was used until 1810-1820 maybe?

Yes the razors are advertised as Revolutionary War Era not Civil War Era/I believe that Phrank was merely pointing out that there are historical razors out there including wartime. If the OP looks at the link he will find that the tails of the AD match up date wise with the pictures here at SRP.

From the SRP Wiki:

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.