Here's a W Greaves I got off the bay a few weeks ago but have failed to show it here. It is a rather old one & deserves to be in this club.
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Here's a W Greaves I got off the bay a few weeks ago but have failed to show it here. It is a rather old one & deserves to be in this club.
My guess is late 1700's, early 1800's
Thanks! Does the "Cast Steel" put it in any type of date range itself? Reason I'm asking this is that I would like to use if for a 1770s hair and shaving display for a British officer during the American War for Independence, but I want to make sure it would pass. I know the overall shape is pretty good. Thanks for your help.
The mark 'Cast Steel' is generally considered to be what superseded 'Acier Fondu'. The changeover seems to have happened around 1780-1790, so that places the razor later rather than earlier.
A British officer would most likely have had razors issued from an upscale London firm (who probably bought the blades from Sheffield). My half-informed guess is that there were a handful of companies with the contract to produce razors for government use.
The blade shape is probably more or less right -- there were other shapes made at that time as well -- but the scales would likely have been ivory or tortoiseshell -- at least in my opinion.
Thanks so much for the information. It is greatly appreciated! How available are earlier 18th century razors?
A friend of mine got this one :
http://img95.xooimage.com/files/c/4/...58-3efa066.jpg
(Yes, I know.. I tried but he doesn't want to sell it..)
Zak, weren't you waiting for some oldies from Germany ?
Wow that's a beauty! The scales look original too. Too bad he won't let ya get it from him!!!