Hi all,
Kind of hoping someone might have even the slightest hint of what I have here! :) I bought this earlier this year off the bay and have put off doing anything to it in terms of restoration until either a) I decide to leave it as-is or b) my skills are such that I'm confident tackling a 200-year-old blade without doing any damage. I think it is probably circa 1810. Any other estimates?
So I guess I really have two questions:
Any idea who made it?
What would *you* do with it? Attempt to restore and bring back to use? Or leave as-is and preserve it?
I started a thread about this razor back in April (
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ery-razor.html ), but figure this is probably the group of folks to ask.
The writing is obscured and can only be partially read: "Beach" followed by what could either be an "&" or possibly another symbol, and then below "...chwitz". It *could* possibly read "Aschwitz" but I cannot be certain. Only the very top of the "A" can be seen, and it could have been preceded by other letters that are no longer visible.