Thread: The Stub-Tailed Shavers

Whoo hoo, got another one comming from Ebite No clue what make just yet

Whoot this is one nice blade... can't say much for the slabs of bark for scales though All I can see of a name are 2 letters "ER" and under that are the tops of two other letters with flat tops... thats about it. Very dence feeling steel and still farking sharp, old heavy rust on top of high polished spine... Can't wait to hone this one up

Beautiful. Definitely a museum piece, and it's very old. Congratulations!

Originally Posted by DwarvenChef

Whoot this is one nice blade... can't say much for the slabs of bark for scales though All I can see of a name are 2 letters "ER" and under that are the tops of two other letters with flat tops... thats about it. Very dence feeling steel and still farking sharp, old heavy rust on top of high polished spine... Can't wait to hone this one up

I left that razor on a city bus awhile back ..... slipped out of my boot ...... so glad it turned up. PM to me for my address as I'm sure you'll want to return it to me.

Here are a couple more stub tails for the club's archives. The first is an early 1800s model that only has the word APPROVED stamped on the tang. I wish I knew who the maker was, but I'm sure that information has been lost to history. It has the original horn scales complete with the original worm holes. And it still gives a terrific shave.

Regards - Walt

The second entry is a pre-Sheaf Works W. Greaves, which would put it somewhere in the 1780 - 1816 range. I am a history buff and I really connected emotionally to this razor. The first time I shaved with it was almost a spiritual experience. It was wonderful to have the opportunity to not only hold, but to actually use something that was two centuries old. Most items of this antiquity are in museums or displayed in collections "under glass". I know it's an inanimate object, but I would like to think that it was happy to once again be scraping lather and stubble from someone's face as it was originally intended.

Regards - Walt

A pre cleaning pic if my new "Crown" Columbia bob tail. I'm not to sure these scales are period yet as they are the wedgeless horn scales. Steel dome shapped collars with brass pins. Could be accurate but it seems a rescale, still tight also... I've started removing the active rust and glad to see very little pitting under it Coating the horn in Neetsfood tonight and see about finishing it up tomorow

Whoot post # 2000 Where else but in the clubs section

Got the Columbia up and shaving

Could this be classed as a stub tail? If so its my entry. If not, please discard.
It does have a very small tail that can just be seen below the scales...

Here's my entry to the Stub-Tailed Shavers. Hope she qualifies. From what I can make out it's a John Bingham although the first letter doesn't look like a J to me. If anyone has any information on this one it would be much appreciated.