Thread: Turner Everlasting...rare?

Hello all,

I just wanted to share my most recent acquisition and clean up. I found this on Ebay, and was shocked that I won it for under 50 bucks. The pictures on the ad (the top two included here) made me think that the frame was all brass colored. Upon receipt of the blade all of the way from Sweden, only the hone wear revealed the brass color, with the rest of the frame covered with a silver coating. I took care of that with some abrasives, and commenced to polishing the blade. The blade cleaned up nicely save for some pitting along the bottom edge of the frame.

The scales were in good shape but required some straightening. This was accomplished with an improvised "jig" and some boiling water. The scales were then cleaned up with sandpaper and finished with 5 micron lapping film.

Well it turned out better than I had ever hoped. After honing, it certainly ranks at the upper echelon of my shavers (I love smiling blades).

I have read a bit about the company, and it seems that they were only in business under Mr. Turner for ~20 years. Does that make this a rare brand of razor? I would love for others to share any info about or pictures of their "Everlasting" blades.

Turner razors seem to be relatively common in Sweden for some reason, so it's not very rare. I've never seen a Turner frameback, though. Looks like a nifty razor, enjoy!

I agree with Pithor - although the Turner Everlasting model is fairly common in normal straight razor form here in the UK, it appears to be comparatively rare (in my experience) in frameback form like you have.

Regards,
Neil

The Turner Everlasting razors that I've seen most regularly are "semi-lancet" grinds, if you will, with a "gutter" ground in the stamp side of the blade face (quarter hollow) and a regular quarter hollow grind on the pile side. Also similar (nearly identically ground) razors by Thomas Ward are relatively common.

Rare or not it's a good looker, nice find.

Originally Posted by Pithor

The Turner Everlasting razors that I've seen most regularly are "semi-lancet" grinds, if you will, with a "gutter" ground in the stamp side of the blade face (quarter hollow) and a regular quarter hollow grind on the pile side. Also similar (nearly identically ground) razors by Thomas Ward are relatively common.

Hmmm... I've never seen a blade like that. Sounds very interesting. There are so many unique designs of vintage razors, I love it!

Originally Posted by DocMartin0321

Hmmm... I've never seen a blade like that. Sounds very interesting. There are so many unique designs of vintage razors, I love it!

I don't think I have seen a Turner razor quite like that. I have seen plenty of normal Turner razors, the two main brads being Everlasting and Encore, but nearly every encore I have seen had a conventionally profiled blade.

Here is a proper lancet edged razor:



It was made by the Mappin Brothers. And here is another Turner Everlasting, in excellent condition, from my friend Tony at Taylors-1000.



Of course, not all lancet razors are shaped like the Mappin example:



The above was one of mine, rescaled.

Regards,
Neil

Maybe I'm messing up the nomenclature a bit, it's not like the Mappin & Webb Lancet Razor in the least. I'm referring to this type of razor:

http://goo.gl/4lhe0p

Just when I thought I had a sample of all of the cool types of blades in my collection, you guys add another to the list. I have extra hollow, full hollow, half hollow, bellied hollow, wedge, and frameback. Now I need a lancet!

That Mappin is crazy cool, but probably as rare as sasquatch.

Originally Posted by DocMartin0321

That Mappin is crazy cool, but probably as rare as sasquatch.

Not quite, but still pretty uncommon. From what I've heard, the shave is on par with near wedges.