Thread: That 1700's Show

Haha, all I've got is my android! OH and I'm dyslexic to 😆! Talk about insult to injury!!

I was looking at your profile just as you answered. I'm a welding instructor in Houston!

Excellent razors! That last one looks to be French with the lack of tail and with makers mark I would guess puts that razor in this time period. I'll do some serious research this afternoon.

Thank You☺ there really hard to find (at least the obscure ones), HARDER to find those who can appreciate the history and workmanship of, whom I believe to be, THE MASTERS!!

I agree. I am lucky to own two razors from this time period It's fun to think about the lives of the gentleman who were the original owners.

What's REALLY Kool is there is a greater possibility that they could have shave one of our forefathers than me meeting you 😕! Think about it, there was only 2.5 million population then 318 million now. The numbers don't lie! Wish I had numbers that good in my favor when the loto was over 1 billion you know!

Originally Posted by Hillbillystixnstraights

Thanks 😊 I and my brother have been trying to get our hands on these old makers marks but we've almost decided that we're going to have to go to the hall of curlers in order to do it!

That might not help (well and surely won't help for curlers, unless the master cutlers were also masters of lobbing stones around on the ice) - it's quite possible they were made somewhere else in England, or even outside of England. There were lots of other manufacturers at the time who might not be recorded in Sheffield. These razors mostly came from (correct me if I'm wrong) Sweden from recent auctions (and a lot of stubtails seem to come from there nowadays) so at some point they made their way there, or some may have been made there (Nils Grönstrand, for example).

As to the lack of tail, some makers didn't put on large tails, some English makers put on huge tails, sometimes razors have pivots broken off and redrilled to make no tails, it's very hard to say anything directly from just that. You have to see a reference to the mark somewhere documented to be sure. As to the pipe razor, there were numerous makers who used pipes as marks:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ml#post1020699

Originally Posted by Hillbillystixnstraights

I was looking at your profile just as you answered. I'm a welding instructor in Houston!

I live in Sugar Land just outside Houston but Houston is now growing around it!

Thank You, I agree, especially the marks, we need a more definitive answer of the marks!

I have some documentation on these older razors on my pc. I'll post what I have tonight when I get home from work