Thread: Cheaply made razor? - Thomas Elling & Co

Nice Razor with Vulcanized Rubber Scales. Ive had a few razors with scales like that pass through my hands

here is a link of my razor with the same scales.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...rd-medley.html

Very interesting, so its not WAD is WD with a crowsfoot! Does this date the razor, more or less how old could it be with these scales then?

Thanks for all your inputs here, you've made me realise that what I have is worth keeping original! If it wasn't for this forum then I would never have known, and who knows what I might have done to it
I'm just going to give it a quick buff, clean the scales carefully, and hone it up. It has a nice weight to it, quite a heavy blade and looks like its going to be a great shaver, will update after I shave with it this weekend.

Originally Posted by ddunc

Very interesting, so its not WAD is WD with a crowsfoot! Does this date the razor, more or less how old could it be with these scales then?

The answer to the dating of your razor with the WD and broad arrow mark is in Neil Miller's post #4 in the linked thread. You generally will never get an exact date of when a razor was made but only a possible time span in which it might have been made as Neil suggests. Enjoy your shave this weekend.

Bob