@Thaeris: Thank you very much for that Info! :-)
Its so hard to get infos about old Razors sometimes, especially when the Makers Name ist lost.
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@Thaeris: Thank you very much for that Info! :-)
Its so hard to get infos about old Razors sometimes, especially when the Makers Name ist lost.
some of mine:
Mericant sr Walle (France c.1820)
Attachment 150906
Nativel (France c.1820)
Attachment 150907
Attachment 150908
Buisson 5 (France c.1830)
Attachment 150909
Esmelin à Paris (French c.1830)
Attachment 150910
Hornus (France c.1830)
Attachment 150913
Holtzapfel Charing Cross (England c.1840)
Attachment 150912
@Altus: Wwow, really nice Razors, especially the Hornus!! :-)
How wide is the Blade? Seems very heavy too me :-)
Mericant, Nativel, Hornus and Esmelin blades are 6/8", Buisson and Holtzapfel 11/16".
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:beer1: new entry (the last of 2013) :beer1:
seven day french set c.1810-20, 9/16"
http://img95.xooimage.com/files/7/4/...01-42d27c3.jpg
http://img99.xooimage.com/files/e/a/...03-42d27e0.jpg
http://img99.xooimage.com/files/7/7/...04-42d27ee.jpg
Foubert Palais Royal, horn and copper. Early 1800.
http://i56.servimg.com/u/f56/13/33/95/13/captu184.jpg
Samuel Norris, horn and brass (?) 1795 - 1815
http://i56.servimg.com/u/f56/13/33/95/13/captu202.jpg
Two different blades from m/l the same period
Can you please try to identify this razor?
Attachment 155206
Attachment 155207
C. Congreaves, made from Naylor's steel, 1830-37. http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ted-steel.html
Whomever rescaled this razor did not even try to center the pins and the wood looks like a farmer rescaled it using a cigar as a template. Still worth bringing back from the dead.