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12-24-2014, 07:53 PM #1Senior Member
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circa 1810 -1820?
Santa came early for me this year in the form of this find from an antique store. $25.00 and another 20% off for Christmas. No name on the blade. Just 'warranted' on the tang. English maybe? The blade has/had an etching on the show side but it doesn't show up in the pictures. Looks like it was some type of design. No words or letters visible. You can just see the edge of the etched panel in the close up picture. Someone got at it with an abrasive of some sort. What got missed with the sand paper shows it had a high polish. I was guessing c. 1810 - 1820 based on the wedge grind/blade geometry and the scales but I thought etchings came later. The scales are dyed horn with a lead wedge.
Merry Christmas all!
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12-24-2014, 08:06 PM #2
Looks like it. Good deal!
Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
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12-24-2014, 10:14 PM #3Senior Member
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I like it, and the price is right too. Merry Christmas!
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12-25-2014, 12:20 AM #4Greaves is my friend !!!
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very nice present to yourself and to us for sharing !! my next goal as far as razors is to pick something up in that style of blade and condition !! enjoy !!
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12-25-2014, 12:26 AM #5Senior Member
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Very interesting looking blade.
Let us know how she shaves.S.L.A.M.,.......SHAVE LIKE A MAN!!!
Not like a G.I.R.L. (Gentleman In Razor Limbo)
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karlej (12-25-2014)
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12-25-2014, 12:49 AM #6Senior Member
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I think you're about right on the date. Good looking example. Great find.
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karlej (12-25-2014)
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12-25-2014, 08:39 AM #7
Looks like a Sheffield razor to me. I have one similar somewhere around here. The date is about right. Great score for $25!!!
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karlej (12-25-2014)
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12-26-2014, 03:22 AM #8Senior Member
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Date seems about right, probably Sheffield, very nice scales. Etching technology was around for a while.
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12-26-2014, 03:27 AM #9Member
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most sheffields were not highly polished they were satin finished or mill finish.still a nice restorable one.
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karlej (12-26-2014)
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12-26-2014, 04:06 AM #10Senior Member
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There were a variety of finishes, but crocus finish or mirror polish was indeed quite common, and the norm for etched blades. Many nice examples of original mirror polish finishes from the 1810s and 20s are still around actually.
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