Thread: Claims to be 1740

Any thoughts on the validity of these claims?
Antique Primitive Straight Razor Hand Forged Ivory Bone - eBay (item 120651993858 end time Nov-26-10 07:07:09 PST)

IIRC framebacks didn't begin until the 1830s or thereabouts. The seller says "hoof horn" scales .... must have been some long hooves on that animal.

I didnt see this maker in the list of makers, anyone jnow when they were in business?

JimmyHad What source are you using to look up that stamping on the tang?

Yeah, no way that thing is pre-1740. If it is, it would make it the only listed selling point on which the seller isn't talking out of his....

I agree with Jimmy, frameback razors were first manufactured in the 1820's and ended around the 1870s. Another give away as to the age of this razor is the shape of the monkey tail. This particular shape dates back to somewhere late 1820's.*

*Source: Razor Dating at a Glance; chart pg. 73

Originally Posted by TrilliumLT

JimmyHad What source are you using to look up that stamping on the tang?

I haven't seen that tang stamp before. Not familiar with it. As to dating the razor, I'm going by Robert Doyle's "Collecting Straight Razors". Out of print now but worth the $ if you can find a copy ..... if you're crazy about straight razors.

Originally Posted by Hogrider

I agree with Jimmy, frameback razors were first manufactured in the 1820's and ended around the 1870s.

But thanks to Spazola, they started again in 2010!

Spazola?..Spazola? is he the hermit living in northern Italy making razors out of a monastery near Milan?...anywho, I don't know which angels he is talking to; but I have not seen 2010 vintage Framebacks.