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Here's a real nice William Stenton and Son 8/8 blade that I just finished up from around 1846-1860. Polished with a two-tone crocus finish: glazed crocus finish on the blade face, with a plosihed tang and spine. She's a real beauty and a great shaver as well...
Hope you like it... :D
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It seems to me that lately you're finding some nice razors ! :)
Hey Thaeris! Not finding so much as just getting around to restoring some of my collection. Thanks for noticing my friend!Quote:
Originally Posted by Thaeris
Ahah, I also know that ! ^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolfpack34
Great work Wolfpack! Super looking razor now and a great shaver I bet.
Another very nicely finish blade
Job well done
Hope I like it? Uh...yeah!
Man those scales look like glass!
Great job buddy.
Shane
Nice job! So 'Again Superior' is the New York Stenton, IIRC. Are the scales Bakelite or horn??
I'm looking forward to seeing that this weekend!
Good observation Thaeris - Wolfpack has engaged my services to help him find some nice razors, it's been tough, but he takes to the learning well.....:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Thaeris
Hey Tom...your 'recall' is correct. It is the Stenton from NY city, though whether it was the Cliff Street address, the Maiden Lane address or the two stores he opened on Platt Street and Pearl Street in 1857 it's hard to tell. It could be a merchandised private label 'F. Fenney' or 'C.T. Bingham' or it could be a blade manufactured by Stenton himself.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
Zak would probably know for sure as he has done some extensive research on the Stenton family.
The scales are Bakelite, and although I really like the look of them, they are not the original scales, and will probably be replaced shortly with the correct and original pressed blond horn scales inscribed "The American Gentleman's Razor".
Her's some pics of the razor BEFORE I restored it:
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:rofl2::rofl2:...Phrank is like a 'uber-upscale' by appointment only private shopping consultant in New York city. HE DOES fine work and has quite an eye for the unique.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
A hearty heart-felt Thanks goes out to my dear friend Phrank!
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You shall my friend...and with a new set of clothes to boot!Quote:
Originally Posted by Voidmonster
I don't care if you buy new cloths and boots but I would love to see the finish up close. I am sure it is amazing as usual :<0)
That turned out GREAT! :tu
AWESOME job!!!
Thanks Pups! I appreciate it...see you this weekend. But with my 'normal' jeans and Hawaiian shirt...:rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by 10Pups
Thanks to you too Ed...:)
Very nice work once again, really like the finish on the blade, Enjoy!
So your having a pinning party this week-end?:chapeau
Wow beautiful beast. Scales look great.
Oh, Tom, Stenton was a character and a half.
As far as I can tell, all the razors marked STENTON are the same guy.
He got his start (supposedly) working a grocer's warehouse, then hooked up with Greaves in the late 1700's. He left there in the early 1800's to work for the Sanderson brothers as a warehouse manager, then moved to Wostenholm in early 1830's. He supposedly helped little Georgie get his American operations up and running, but personality conflicts sent him packing after just a few years.
Then he moved to America with his son, Robert, and the two of them took over a cutlery factory in NYC that used prison labor from Sing Sing (formerly a file manufacturer, if memory serves -- and that's all I've got to go on because I can't find the documentation to back up this prison labor part of the story). In any event, it was in NYC that he started using the AGAIN SUPERIOR stamp.
His son married local and got in good with the Vanderbilts. The Vanderbilts, in turn, provided Robert with all sorts of wonderful financial advice that completely ruined them.
William died in 1863, and his son went off to live on the street in San Francisco where he died of pneumonia. His wife Louisa however, continued to live in their mansion in what would later become the Bronx with their daughter Alice.
In 1906, Alice was murdered on the steps of the by-then-ramshackle mansion by Louisa's attorney.
It gets weird from there!
Yeah! Am liking the old Bakelite these days!Quote:
Originally Posted by nicknbleeding
Man! I have read your other posts about 'Devil' Stenton. Interesting goings-on. You seem to be close to putting the entire story together. Most anticipated! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Voidmonster
I think the attorney was a mob lawyer for the Irish mafia.
Specifically, the O'Dwyer family. (His wife was Maud O'Dwyer, and he lived with the whole O'Dwyer clan despite raking in serious money by murdering clients).
There were, however, a LOT of O'Dwyer families in NYC around then, and I can't be sure I'm looking at the right one.
Behavior and associates strongly suggests yes, though, as the Murder Lawyer's OWN lawyer also had a history of attempting to kill people and getting nothing more than a stern glance.
Were there not 'River pirates' involved? A lead-lined vault discovered at the mansion? Intriguing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Voidmonster
Whether *actual* river pirates were involved or not, I haven't been able to figure out. The newspapers thought so.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
Because of the treasure-filled, lead-lined hidden chamber.
