Thread: Early Razors and Dating them.....or not

Examples from the presumed 1810s-1820s era. The Greaves is the only one I dated more positively to 1816-1826, and undoubtedly many folks would look at the tail and say it dates toward the latter of that range..... well perhaps. The patent temper being the Greaves' ugly twin brother many would attempt to label with a date earlier based on the tail but who can say for certain?! Thats a lot of assumption based on a small detail and it happens with regularity anytime a razor with an unknown date range for the maker, or for a razor with an unknown maker for that matter. The Barlow Travel razor, similar enough blade shape, tail and scales to those in the same 1810s-1830s range but I don't know any of the dates of operation and which Barlow, James or John and prior to sons etc to be able to date this one. Lots of conjecture on the forums and lots of "that blade is shaped like mine here" whereas dates of operation tell a more accurate tale than blade style don't they?
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