Thread: Lost razor case, tortoise shell scales and silver eyes...

That's easy. Language evolves over time. Try reading the Canterbury Tales in olde english.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

That's easy. Language evolves over time. Try reading the Canterbury Tales in olde english.

Or the Wycliffe Bible circa 1382 to 1395.

Ok, one of us must have at least one of these razors!! lol!!

Originally Posted by rodb

Ok, one of us must have at least one of these razors!! lol!!

Don't you know!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Don't you know!

I wish, oldest I've seen personally is about 1780's

Originally Posted by rodb

I wish, oldest I've seen personally is about 1780's

You make a good point. Rod! I certainly have none of them!

That is a tough loss for that man...Interesting find, thanks for sharing!

1777,Stolen two dozens razors, two guineas rewards from the owner. The guinea was a coin of approximately one quarter ounce of gold that was minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814. It was the first English machine-struck gold coin, originally worth one pound sterling, equal to twenty shillings, but rises in the price of gold relative to silver caused the value of the guinea to increase, at times to as high as thirty shillings. From 1717 to 1816, its value was officially fixed at twenty-one shillings. Then, Britain adopted the gold standard and guinea became a colloquial or specialised term.

Buckles seem to have been quite prized in those days as well!

Isaac Newton was Warden and later Master of the Royal Mint from 1696-1727. A report he wrote in 1717 was the force behind the Royal decree setting the value of the guinea at 21 shillings.