Seldom seen 7/8 H.H. Taylor

I believe this is one of Henry Holbert Taylors earlier razors. According to Tweedale's Directory he started in the 1840's. In the 1850's he was associated with Wilson, Hawksworth, Ellison & Co. which ceased in 1859. By 1860 he had launched Henry H. Taylor & Brother, Times Works, Paradise St.
The blade is restored in a crocus finish and has upper and lower tang jimps. The scales are copies of the originals in black horn with a copy of the original lead wedge. I do not have small steel collars as came on the original scales and as one was missing I substituted brass. The scales are a bit thinner too at .110. The originals measures .130.
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Oh, that's a beauty!

Just beautiful, a true holy grail razor!

as usual, nice work...

If you ever need a mirror, you could use that! Nice


Mike

Great finish, as usual Karl.
Great looking old razor.

That's just plain awesome !!
Fantastic work as usual.

Pete<:-}

Amazing restoration, as usual!!!

Bravo.

jeff

Very well done, finish on the blade is fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

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That is awesome, great work.

Beautiful!

Stunning restoration!

Very well done, and what a gorgeous piece !!!

Spiffy and newer than the day it left the factory. :chapeau

Sweet Jesus.. That came out excellent Karl....like I should expect any less from your work

That is fantastic work! Very nice :dropjaw:

Shiny! :tu

Oh wow....that is an amazing looking blade! Nice work on the scales too:)

That is sweet

like it a lot,.. well done!

I realize this is an old thread, but I believe I have the brother of the razor the OP refinished.

I have neither the equipment nor the skill to bring it back to the condition Karl managed with his restoration magic, but any suggestions for next steps would be welcomed.

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Originally Posted by DZEC

I have neither the equipment nor the skill to bring it back to the condition Karl managed with his restoration magic, but any suggestions for next steps would be welcomed.

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Try to clean out the pivot area ,hone it and shave on, i say.. It looks lovely..