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  1. 01-30-2020, 05:18 PM #1
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    Hello again. Today one more old razor arrived. It seems to be English, but the label really puzzles me. The seller doesn't know anything about it's origin. After 2 days of searching on the internet, I couldn't find anything about this razor. The scalis is made out of horn. Scale wedges is from plumbum (lead). It's box is really old and delighted, the text is barely visible. I am posting pictures.

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    Mountstephen was a cutlery retailer and gunsmith in the town of Torquay in Devon in the 1880s and 90s. In 1889 he advertised "Razors which ensure Easy shaving 1/- to 5/-". Whether he ground them himself or had them made in Sheffield is unclear - I think the latter most likely.

    He is last heard of in newspaper ads in Dec 1910 - the razors were priced up to 7/6 by then.
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  5. 01-31-2020, 06:43 AM #4
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    Thanks Maladroit. One more beautiful razor will be saved and one more old Craftsman will live with us!

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