Jeremy,

A.F. BANNISTER & CO
Newark, New Jersey
ca 1884-1915

This info came fro here... http://www.uniclectica.com/misc/manuf.html

I'll go out on a limb and say yes you can shave.
I know that when I received my first razor from
Lynn I was still waiting for a strop. He said that
it would be ok to shave.


Terry