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  1. 06-07-2009, 05:19 AM #1
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    what is the Lummus book? Haven't heard of it before. Most of my past research has centered around knife makers.

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  2. 06-07-2009, 09:22 AM #2
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    Lummus is a collector who wrote two short articles about Sheffield razors during the 1920's. The manufacturers (and years) contained in those articles are reported in the Uniclectica webpage.
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    Is this guy a stub tail? If so they made them as late as the 1850's as this one is marked "mark granted sep. 1850" on the tang

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  4. 10-28-2011, 10:49 PM #4
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    It looks like it might qualify, close the blade and lets see that tail again.
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    The scales curve which began in somewhere around 1810 to 20 according to Robert Doyle. There is a distinct tang so it is not that early. Again according to Doyle, the frameback came around somewhere in the 1830s IIRC. So it ain't a stub tail. IMHO a true stub tail is one of the earlier ones with the straight scales etcetera.
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    If it's not a stubtail why are we junking up this site with pictures of a razor that belongs in some other category?

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  8. 10-29-2011, 05:20 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    If it's not a stubtail why are we junking up this site with pictures of a razor that belongs in some other category?

    Regards - Walt
    Its now been sorted
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  9. 10-30-2011, 09:35 PM #8
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    I take it your not talking about my razor in these posts and that it just looks that way because someone added somthing that has now been removed ?
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