Thread: help to identification antique razor blade

Here is an extraction of a picture showing typical medical instruments in the early 17th century. Found in the book "The surgeons mate" from John Woodal - 1617.



The handle here is shown as a simple wood handle, made from one piece of wood with a closed end and a cut notch. The razor blade hold with a Pivot pin, maybe simply a nail hammered flat and rounded at both edges. Those handles were common as a cheap and easy possibility also for 18th century razors until beginning 19th century.

Here are some examples of 18th and 19th century razors with simple wood handles:



So maybe an option for you preparing a new-old handle.
Of course for the more exclusive razors, bone and later horn was also common for the scales.

Regards Peter