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    Default Gregsteel razor from early 1920's.

    I'm hunting for an original 1920's Gregsteel (Gregory Steel Products) cutthroat razor. Any condition!
    I don't expect there to be many but there must still be a few around somewhere.
    If anyone already has one but doesn't want to part with it PLEASE still let me know. A photo will do.
    Or, if you have one already, and don't want anyone else to know, I will keep it confidential (just PM me - pleeeease!)
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    Good luck with the hunt. I've never seen one but will let you know if I do.

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    I have a Grace Brothers......pretty rough, still.

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    Quote Originally Posted by johnmrson View Post
    Good luck with the hunt. I've never seen one but will let you know if I do.
    Thank you - I really appreciate you replying. If we all keep an eye out one of us might find one ..... it would be fantastic!

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    I'll keep an eye out for one in any condition. If I find it and the price is right, I'll pick it up and send it your way (temporary or permanent depends on how much I want it for myself )


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    Quote Originally Posted by MickR View Post
    I'll keep an eye out for one in any condition. If I find it and the price is right, I'll pick it up and send it your way (temporary or permanent depends on how much I want it for myself )
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    Thanks Mick - appreciate you looking. And if you find one .... it would be greaaaaaat!
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    So. I suppose my Grace Brothers is chopped liver?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    I have a Grace Brothers......pretty rough, still.

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    Thanks Bruce .... if this was etched for the Australian Grace Bros, established by two English brothers in about 1903, then its a good find. But as it has Grace Bros and Sheffield on the tang it makes me wonder if their was a Sheffield based Company called Grace Bros. I'll need some more time to check this one out, but thanks for posting. Any clues based on where or how you got this one?
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    I could not find a Sheffield maker of Grace Brothers, so I figured it was made in Sheffield, sent to Grace brothers in AU for retail.
    Being a big fan of 'Have You Been Served', I bought it as a whim. Surely most razors in AU back when were English-made? Cannot remember from where I procured it, however.

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    Hi Bruce - It's interesting. My cursory check hasn't found a Sheffield Grace Bros either .... but I am puzzled as most razors made for companies in early Oz times had the company name with their address - and made in (wherever) and/or the makers trademark/name elsewhere on the blade or back tang, not as a single entity name on a tang eg Grace Brothers Sheffield, which would usually indicate Grace Brothers of Sheffield. I''ll need time to keep looking further into this one.... thank you again for posting the pic.
    Razors in the late 1800's/1900's in Aust. were mainly made in Sheffield, England, or Solingen, Germany. There were some razors being manufactured in Australia as well, such as Barker Bros in say 1850's, W Jensen in the 1860's, and Gregory Steel Products (Gregsteel) in 1921! Few and far between.
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