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Thread: The Stub-Tailed Shavers
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10-13-2014, 01:53 PM #351
W Greaves
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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10-13-2014, 08:39 PM #352
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10-13-2014, 08:44 PM #353
My guess is late 1700's, early 1800's
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10-13-2014, 09:57 PM #354
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Thanked: 5Thanks! 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.
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10-13-2014, 10:36 PM #355
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10-13-2014, 10:50 PM #356
The mark 'Cast Steel' is generally considered to be what superseded 'Acier Fondu'.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.-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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10-13-2014, 11:16 PM #357
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Thanked: 5Thanks so much for the information. It is greatly appreciated! How available are earlier 18th century razors?
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10-15-2014, 05:39 AM #358-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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10-15-2014, 06:52 AM #359
A friend of mine got this one :
(Yes, I know.. I tried but he doesn't want to sell it..)
Zak, weren't you waiting for some oldies from Germany ?
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10-15-2014, 06:59 AM #360
Wow that's a beauty! The scales look original too. Too bad he won't let ya get it from him!!!