Thread: Stubtail Birks 18th Century

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

With regard to the collars/washers on your razor that look like coins, I think that they are not original to those scales - you can see ghost oulines of a larger boss washer on one of your close-ups. Also, at the pivot the washer is very large - too large.

Thank you for confirming my statement (post #5)
Your information makes things more clear for me, thank you very much for this!

Also very nice to know that the "buttons" are maybe that old!

Thank you very much once again!

Regards,

Jethro

It's a pleasure Jethro! Please tell us if you ever find out whose mark that is.

Meanwhile, enjoy your wonderful razor.

Regards,
Jethro

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

It's a pleasure Jethro! Please tell us if you ever find out whose mark that is.

Meanwhile, enjoy your wonderful razor.

Regards,
Jethro

I most certainly will!

Just for the record, it is a Henry Birks, made between 1720-1752!

https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/2017/06/26/birks/

😉

I absolutely love threads like this.

Originally Posted by joelkerr

I absolutely love threads like this.

If you look at other posts by the late Neil Miller you will see a lot of history. His strops were pieces of art.