Here's a link (bottom of the post) to multiple pictures of the straight razor I ended up inheriting from my great (I think) grandfather. I've been doing quite a bit of digging in the past few days and have not seen a straight razor quite like this. I've been asking around to try and learn as much as I can about it, and it keep making me want to learn more and more. SRP seems to be one of the larger straight razor communities out there, so I figured I'd give it a shot.

So far, I know it predates 1890-1895, has a barber's notch, the scaling looks a tiny bit worn but for the most part seems to be in pretty good condition. It has its original coffin case, which has taken more of a beating over the years. On one side of the blade there looks to be a little bit of rust and a tiny bit of pitting. It does have a barely visible nick in the edge of the blade; I don't know how much that would affect the actual shave. I'd eventually like to attempt to shave with it, but I think it needs a little lovin' first.

I did find a magazine article by Henry Lummus from December 1922 that was digitized by Google that shows quite a variation of Sheffield straight razors. I know there is another article by the same author in the May 1927, if I remember correctly, that has more information about straight razors. I've been searching for that and hopefully will be able to find a digitized version that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Anyway, any other information from people that are much more experience than me would be greatly appreciated. It seems slimmer than most other straight razors I've seen - is that from honing too much or is it just a slimmer blade? I tried to get a picture staring down the blade, but that was more difficult than expected.

tl;dr
Woo, pictures!