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04-24-2021, 04:23 PM #1Junior Member
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Early John Barber Razor identification and history help required
Greetings from Estonia
This is my granfather’s or even his father's razor. Grandfather was born 1888. Would love to know more about it please. Can somebody help with the year and model? The upper edge is not straight , as you see on the picture.Last edited by Tiit; 04-24-2021 at 05:22 PM.
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04-24-2021, 06:35 PM #2Senior Member
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Welcome to the forum. All I can tell you about the razor is its pretty. But others here can probably narrow it down more. If you haven't found it already, strazors.com has a good library of information on old manufscturers.
If you're wondering I'm probably being sarcastic.
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04-24-2021, 07:29 PM #3Senior Member
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welcome.
Do an advanced search for john barber and there are plenty of threadsrolodave likes this.
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04-24-2021, 10:37 PM #4'with that said'
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Perhaps this link will be of some help:
https://www.roadshowcollectibles.ca/...s-of-operationrolodave likes this.Our house is as Neil left it- an Aladdin’s cave of 'stuff'.
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04-24-2021, 11:05 PM #5Senior Member
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You can read detailed description in Neil's post here.
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04-24-2021, 11:24 PM #6'with that said'
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Damn, I sure miss Neil, however he's no longer suffering and is resting in peace.
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Our house is as Neil left it- an Aladdin’s cave of 'stuff'.
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04-25-2021, 02:38 PM #7Senior Member
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Welcome to SRP. Nice heirloom. I hope you hang around and participate moreSo if I read Neil's post right it's not possible that that razor could be later than 1871. Ti me it looks older. I like the scalloped spine.
Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. PR 27:17
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04-25-2021, 06:53 PM #8
Based on Neil's post you can safely say it was made before 1871. His write up gives the location and people Originally Posted by dimab
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04-26-2021, 07:12 PM #9Junior Member
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Many thanks to everyone for the answers. I have read a lot about the history of John Barber razors and spent hours searching the internet. But I have not found any pictures of such a model with a sharp tip and a scalloped spine. That's why I wrote this post. it is clear that it was made before 1870, but is it already 1820-30? And does anyone else have such a model like this one?
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