Thread: Presenting "Blades of the Revolution: a 7 day story"

Finally finished my 7 day set. well, more or less. The 7th blade still needs to be cleaned and rescaled, but i'm counting this as a win!



And here's the 7th blade. The small size means it will fit in the small gap in the middle!



lastly, the family/group shot. (Note: all except#3 and #4 are shave worthy. Hope to make them shave worthy at some point too).


From top to bottom:

1. Crown Wolf [John Shepherd?]: 1780-1790s
2. *P [Fox&Norris/Sam Norris]: 1787-1800
3. "Norris" [Sam Norris]: 1770-1790s
4. (IN) PARI(S) [Joseph Justice, Church Lane(?)]: 1760-1780s(?)
5. ⚜️RAY [Richard Ash]: 1775 - 1785
6. Z/N(?) Pipe [Unknown?]: 1750-1770s(?)
7. S. Norris [Sam Norris]: 1790s

FYI: would LOVE some help in confirming and/or filling the blanks where there are "?", those are my best guesses leaning on a bit of wishful thinking.

Newb question: Where do you go to find such old, historic blades? I would love to find one some day. Thanks.
Craig

Originally Posted by Portsecurity

Newb question: Where do you go to find such old, historic blades? I would love to find one some day. Thanks.
Craig

way too much searching, good amounts of luck and way more $$s than I'd care to admit. It's really tricky with these as they're not only RARE, but the ones that ARE out there are often either too far gone to save, or need a tremendous amount of work by a very skilled hand to bring it back to usable shape. (Note: apart from the two that haven't yet been restored, the norris and the unknown one, the rest are shave worthy).

Awesome! That would be cool even if they weren't all shave ready.

Originally Posted by Portsecurity

Newb question: Where do you go to find such old, historic blades? I would love to find one some day. Thanks.
Craig

Check antique stores and keep an eye on eBay but be ready to jump. Sometimes people don't know what they are and just figure they are worn out or ruined

Hey..! That second razor looks familiar.

Before


And after..


Nice collection, ya got.. Eh.!

Originally Posted by outback

Hey..! That second razor looks familiar.

Before

And after..

Nice collection, ya got.. Eh.!

yeap, that's the one that ostensibly started the collection!


I still can't believe the magic you worked on those scales.

Wasn't sure if I was going to be able to salvage them, at first. A real joy separating them, and keeping it all together.

I do enjoy shaving with the oldies. I dont have 7 but a.couple. i find the most important thing to remember is thumb placement. The slightest slip of the thumb and your on the edge.

Originally Posted by Gasman

I do enjoy shaving with the oldies. I dont have 7 but a.couple. i find the most important thing to remember is thumb placement. The slightest slip of the thumb and your on the edge.

oooh that's a nice one, is that original scales i see? Actually i've avoided the whole thing by holding it kinda like a pencil, like so:



I can even go a little more "up", if i need to give myself more control for those tight spots: