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    Looking for some information on this W&B with a crown on the tang I've got, found some information that it may have been made just before Wade and Butcher closed it's business, so this razor would have been around the time of Queen Victoria, but it also looks like some older razors so can't pin this one down.

    Anyone have some info on this razor, would be appreciated, thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phrank View Post
    Looking for some information on this W&B with a crown on the tang I've got, found some information that it may have been made just before Wade and Butcher closed it's business, so this razor would have been around the time of Queen Victoria, but it also looks like some older razors so can't pin this one down.

    Anyone have some info on this razor, would be appreciated, thanks.

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    No, this one was made during the reign of George IV, 1820-1830 (see the stamp GR on the tang, also on the blade face). You're lucky I forgot to bid on this one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ScienceGuy View Post
    No, this one was made during the reign of George IV, 1820-1830 (see the stamp GR on the tang, also on the blade face). You're lucky I forgot to bid on this one.
    As always, and as usual, thank-you ScienceGuy, I actually thought of your collection when I bid on this one, thinking I'd like to try an older blade, it also has this on a closer look at the blade edge. Description said it was 7/8?? Thanks again for your help!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phrank View Post
    As always, and as usual, thank-you ScienceGuy, I actually thought of your collection when I bid on this one, thinking I'd like to try an older blade, it also has this on a closer look at the blade edge. Description said it was 7/8?? Thanks again for your help!

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    I know it doesn't look like it from the pictures, but there's actually a decent chance that is actually 7/8. A lot of razors in the 1820's were extra long.

    It's a shame about the hone wear, but it'll probably take an edge just fine.

    When you've got it in hand, please get better pictures of it (before it's been restored). I'm really curious about the blade finish and the pinning on the scales, and I can't tell from those pictures if it's been modified or not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Voidmonster View Post
    I know it doesn't look like it from the pictures, but there's actually a decent chance that is actually 7/8. A lot of razors in the 1820's were extra long.

    It's a shame about the hone wear, but it'll probably take an edge just fine.

    When you've got it in hand, please get better pictures of it (before it's been restored). I'm really curious about the blade finish and the pinning on the scales, and I can't tell from those pictures if it's been modified or not.
    Thanks VoidMonster! Will take more pics when it arrives.

    Here's a pic with the scales, description say's the scales are, "clean", what do you think? Have the scales been modified or are they original?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phrank View Post
    Thanks VoidMonster!

    Here's a pic with the scales, description say's the scales are, "clean", what do you think? Have the scales been modified or are they original?

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    Oh, I'd seen the auction pictures. I was considering bidding, but I've got a new camera to save for.

    I think it's probably been disassembled and repinned (somewhat badly). From the auction pictures, the pins at the point of the scales look original, while the pivot look like they're just roughly peened-over brass stock.
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    I think it's probably been disassembled and repinned (somewhat badly). From the auction pictures, the pins at the point of the scales look original, while the pivot look like they're just roughly peened-over brass stock.
    Not to say that the scales aren't original; there are plenty of examples of GR era scales with that shape. But I agree it does look like it has been unpinned. Not sure if it has been reground - the curved line on the tang seems to suggest that it has.

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