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    Quote Originally Posted by Grazor View Post
    ...Pretty good condition for age with what appears to be a couple of small marks from a drill bit on scales, who knows why.
    That's probably dermestid beetle bites.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulFLUS View Post
    That's probably dermestid beetle bites.
    I wish you were right, at least that could have been called "character" but alas no. A drill with a drill bit one end, and a fool on the opposite end. Looks like a failed attempt to remove pins.
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    Roberts warranted. Everyone will say that the razor is old, but no one can tell you about the manufacturer. A cross between frameback and hollow ground. How could this be done in such a long time ago?Name:  DSC_0140_1_1.jpg
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    It's a beauty

    As for the how, seeing the profile of the blade could give a better idea, but it's not like the smiths of old did not know how to hollow grind a razor it's just :
    - They seldom did it (not the same stones or techniques used, and harder to do on the whole)
    - People did not like it
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    Probably so. However, it is generally believed that until 1860-70 they could do nothing but near wedge. It turns out they could.

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    It was probably done like a rattler grind/faux frameback.

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    Still....cool looking razor.!
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    Quote Originally Posted by esveka View Post
    Roberts warranted. Everyone will say that the razor is old, but no one can tell you about the manufacturer. A cross between frameback and hollow ground. How could this be done in such a long time ago?
    I am pretty sure i have the same razor but mine just says "Rodgers". It looks like an early version of a rattler. I may well light a torch and venture into the tomb vaults , see if i can spot it.

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    My Rodgers is well worn It reads "Rodgers Refined Steel"

    The next is Gilbert Saville and that is an early rattler..

    Finally just one more "Virg Cast Steel" Not a rattler at all

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    Beautiful razors! Rodgers, indeed, is similar to Roberts. I also saw a Concave razor like my Roberts, and a John Barber.
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    I'm thinking this my be a stub tail razor. But I don't know. M.J. Bingham Criterion - Picked it up at an antique store a while back. Good shaver!

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