I have two razors with round buffalo horn scales and large domed brass pins. Both are massive. Any idea about their age?
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I have two razors with round buffalo horn scales and large domed brass pins. Both are massive. Any idea about their age?
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_S6Qq2M8hM4g/Sb...0/P1030776.png
Hargreaves Smith & Co. Sheffield was in business from 1866 to 1920
I am likely wrong but my guess is that was originally a wedge reground into a hollow. I am betting 1866 to 1880
Here are my oldest oldies....at least one dates back to the very early 1800's.
There is a Wostenholm frameback IXL with ivory scales and a silver escutcheon plate and a thick heavy frame, a lighter Wostenholm "Damascus" that is either real Damascus or etched painstakingly to look it, also wearing ivory, a Joseph Elliott brass framed frameback with perfect stag scales, and finally the oldest one. It just says "Warranted" and is wearing tortoiseshell scales. Just some old cigar box junk, but I can't bear to part with any of them!
Hey, I've got a Wosty with the same blade in it, but mine is a Doubly Carbonized Frameback. Unfortunately, there is some staiting on mine, and I think I'd lose the etch/pattern if I cleaned her up.
Interesting, because the plain blade frameback Wostenholm I posted also is a Doubly Carbonized. It has a super heavy tang, too. Does yours? The fake Damascus is both a hump back on the tang and a sway backed blade. Looks very cool!
Cigar box junk :eek: !!! I don't think so . I would love to have any/all of them . The one that says "warranted" is obviously worthless junk . Who would want a razor that's over 200 years old :thinking: . Send it to me , so I can save you the embarassment of having to throw it away yourself . Heck , I'll even pay the shipping :D.