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02-14-2019, 07:23 PM #391
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Thanked: 15Will def. look up that book, thank you.
Too broad really? I was specifically being broad cuz i thought "i want to know more about history of english straight razor making and cutlers and how it relates to the general trends and zeitgeist of each era of history experienced by the region" was too narrow! lol
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02-14-2019, 08:24 PM #392
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02-14-2019, 08:28 PM #393
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02-14-2019, 11:02 PM #394
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02-14-2019, 11:14 PM #395
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02-14-2019, 11:29 PM #396
Yes, although I know many that collect only do so only in the hope that the value of whatever they collect will increase.
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02-14-2019, 11:33 PM #397
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Thanked: 15Honestly, for me, I just want to have something I could pass down to my kids. Along with a story I can tell them.
It was either THIS or watches, and watches are too expensive. :P
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02-15-2019, 01:29 AM #398
Great answer! A while back, I donated very good quality shave set up to take the place of poor quality/ junk shown in a wealthy man's 19th century bed chamber. Razor, Vienna skuttle, strop, and mirror stand with a proper fancy shave brush to complete the set. . .accepted, inventoried, and then put into the archives, never to be viewed again. The trash remains on display.
Yes museums can and do make mistakes.
YMMV
~RichardLast edited by Geezer; 02-15-2019 at 01:35 AM.
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07-07-2019, 09:22 AM #399
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Thanked: 174One of my latest acquisitions: Havenhead Mark, High-lane, Sheffield (according to 1787 directory). Frankly, this razor looks to me earlier than 1787, but I'm not sure how much so. Anyone here has any info on this Mark Havenhead?
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07-07-2019, 05:56 PM #400
A stamp with the initials MH did belong to Mark Havenhead, but it's unlikely he made this razor. He made sickles, which were a significantly different industry from razors. They used different steel, different stones and different workshop layouts.
You should get in touch with the Cutler's Company and ask about that mark. Their archivist is very helpful!
My gut feelings on the razor: 1790-1810, homemade replacement scales (from long ago), while the blade blank may have been made in Sheffield I don't think the mark is for a business there and I can't really guess where it would be from. The letter forms are distinctly outside the norm for anything coming from there.-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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