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    Etienna Dumas of Thiers, France. His trade mark Dumas Aine 32 was registered in1809. This razor probably dates 1810 - 1820's. A 6/8 near wedge blade restored in a glazed finish as it was originally. The original black horn scales were too bug eaten to save so copies were made in honey horn with a black horn wedge. The original wedge was white bone. The scales are very thin at .085 and unusual for horn. Normally scales of this thickness I find in bone or ivory. The original steel collars were used in the restoration. The collars at the wedge end are larger than the pivot end and a feature I have found on early French razors.
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    Your usual high end work again.
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    Another Beauty there Karl! Have a Merry Christmas my friend...
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    Very nice superbly executed restoration.
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    Very nice. I believe the first name of the maker would be Etienne (a French version of "Stephen").
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    Wow very nice work.

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    Top notch job karl. You strike again!
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    Nicely done!
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    Where did you get the eagle display stand? It is simply amazing! Also, the razor is nice, as well.
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    Nicely done indeed, I have a stub tail that needs sorting out, at some point I may just bump it up to the front of the line after seeing this.

    Thanks for sharing the great pics, cant say I have had a true stubtail French razor (only ones with NO tail) how does it shave?
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