Gents,

I am trying to date a few older razors, actually quite a few. I picked these up and the seller said they 140 years old, which would make them post 1870 - but I just don't think that is right - as several of the razors in this group are almost what I would call full hollow? After passing it by a couple of razor cognoscenti, I have to question the assessment of the time - because it is the general consensus that full hollow didn't come into its own until much later, probably 20th century thing?

The scales run the gamut from mostly celluloid to ivory to a substance labeled "Xylo", anyone know what this stuff might be? It looks like ivory, has a grain, but is a little darker. I am starting to think that maybe these are from the early 1900's, the etching on them is old school and the fonts bely a time period form before WW2 I think. These are all Sheffield too, J. Rodgers.

So, full hollow when, and Xylo what - anyone?

K