Yup - I've got a Joseph Elliot's, "Chinese Razor"...which some interesting "squiggles" passing off as character on the blade....very common....:p
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Yup - I've got a Joseph Elliot's, "Chinese Razor"...which some interesting "squiggles" passing off as character on the blade....very common....:p
Yes, Sanskrit and Hindi I can actually read. (As an aside, some hand-written devanagari omits the top line.)Quote:
Originally Posted by sqzbxr
Ah, that is where I had seen it before. I knew it looked familiar somehow. Thanks! That was driving me mad.Quote:
Originally Posted by bouschie
NOW, if someone has a clue about this on old John Heiffor blades? ;)
http://straightrazorpalace.com/attac...eiffor-003.jpg
This one looks like pseudo-Arabic script to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
I have an Elliot, a W&B & a no name Chinese razor's. The no name one is so "Sheffield"!!! I just saw it the other day but I guess I moved it because I can't find it now. :gaah:
There was some speculation! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by benhunt
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...or-blades.html
Then we have a razor with some very old Hebrew script on it...actually means, "Iron Cast Steel" IIRC...whoever owned this razor at one point honed what would have been a beautiful belly out of it...would have been an awesome smiling razor...still shaves like a dream though.
Joseph Elliot's Damascus Razor - ״רמשק ברזל מוצק״
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The shape of that is just beautiful!Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
Yes, when I saw it on eBay my jaw dropped, for a second I thought it was the W&B Ottoman Egyptian & Royal Windsor Razor, from the Royal Windsor Hotel in Cairo, where that razor get's it name I assume.This I guess was it's rival made across the way in Damascus by Elliot...at least that's the story I like to tell...and this is one of those razors that seems to always deliver a BBS shave effortlessly.Quote:
Originally Posted by benhunt
