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    Man, that is great! I love it. What a great contribution to the community of straight razors & I also bookmarked it for future reference. I know this site will grow with more contributors. I have one for sure to contribute when I get the chance to so if I have one, I might have more. I need to register on imagur.com.

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    Quote Originally Posted by engine46 View Post
    Man, that is great! I love it. What a great contribution to the community of straight razors & I also bookmarked it for future reference. I know this site will grow with more contributors. I have one for sure to contribute when I get the chance to so if I have one, I might have more. I need to register on imagur.com.
    Registration shouldn't be necessary if you don't want to. But dropbox works too, or really anything to get the pics transferred.

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    Lots of fun building a site. A lot like getting poked in the eye with a sharp stick. You did great and I am sure this is going to keep you busy for some time. I think it will be one great resource for sure. Thanks for for contributing to our hobby in such a big way :<0)
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    Fantastic resource.
    Thank you.

    Obviously you have a lot of marks to add and I assume you'll get a lot of contributions to that. BTW, I noticed the American razors are lacking marks such as Case, Genco, Torrey, and Lewis!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    Obviously you have a lot of marks to add and I assume you'll get a lot of contributions to that. BTW, I noticed the American razors are lacking marks such as Case, Genco, Torrey, and Lewis!
    Thanks. At this point I'm trying to limit it to earlier razors, I think there is already ample documentation of later factory-produced razors, but not a lot (at least consolidated) on early American razors.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 10Pups View Post
    Lots of fun building a site. A lot like getting poked in the eye with a sharp stick. You did great and I am sure this is going to keep you busy for some time. I think it will be one great resource for sure. Thanks for for contributing to our hobby in such a big way :<0)
    Speaking of starting a site......
    Do you know a guy???
    Who has a distinct and unique skill set??

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    Some stamp pics for your site...

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    I'll post the Diamond edge etc once they come back from Glen.
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    Bookmarking your site!

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    Hi,

    maybe a long shot, but here are some references which maybe are useful for the early razors "LONDON" and "HAGUE"

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    Lindley Samuel was a razor maker in Atterclif (nearby Sheffield)
    Staniforth, Parkin & Co were butcher knifes and butcher steel makers (sorry, nothing directly linked to razors)

    Both references are found in the Gales and Martin Directory 1787

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    Actually, Staniforth, Parkin, and Co. made quite a wide variety of things, including razors. Their HAGUE / SHEMEL mark was listed under Pen and Pocket knives in general. They're listed again for making razors, but using the mark SHEMEL / PARKIN, and then once more for making table knives (with separate entries for silver plated and regular) with a set of crossed keys under a trident over PARKIN / SHEMEL.

    Most likely, HAGUE was a mark owned by someone else in the company that was used prior to the 1787 directory.

    The London mark is right on, though!
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