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Thread: Ebay Masonic?
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03-15-2009, 01:07 AM #11
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03-23-2009, 01:01 PM #12
Your blade stamp certainly indicates a particular level/rank in Freemasonry but I question it's authenticity as a Masonic symbol as the square shown is greater than a 90 degree angle. Freemasons are a little picky about stuff like that and I don't think it would have been acceptable to them. I can go into this further with you if you wish to have more information but don't want to give away any secrets.
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03-23-2009, 01:16 PM #13
I think the way the square & compass has been struck on the blade is more down to crudeness in the die rather than an intention to indicate any particular degree. Although I think maybe that I can see what you are getting at. As for Freemasons being picky, I can think of one that wouldn't mind owning it.
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03-23-2009, 01:52 PM #14
Masonic Razor ???
There is no mistaking what the symbology represents. One arm of the compasses is above the square and one is below. I don't think that was an accident or poor striking. Does anyone else have a Masonic razor so we can compare marks?
I wouldn't mind getting that one either.Last edited by webgemcanada; 03-23-2009 at 01:53 PM. Reason: Adding a sentence
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03-23-2009, 02:09 PM #15
I think it's just a nineteenth century brand name, although it's a fair bet that John Barber, whose brand it was, was a Freemason. Many factory owners would have been during that period. In terms of the symbolism of the Square & Compass die, which admittedly, appears to be different on the two razors in the pictures, why produce a razor commemorating a degree that one would pass through fairly quickly?
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