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    I have a wedge that has been sitting in my repair/rebuild box for a while now. I keep making scales to short for it (forgetting that I have it) and have yet to get this one done.

    One question I have thought of was to send it out for a full rebuild, thus not having to remember to make bigger scales But I wonder if this is a worth while blade to have rebuilt by a service...

    Can anyone shed some light on this razor? It will be for personal use, not resale so it's $$ value means little. So I guess I'm inquiring as to it's quality...

    I think it's the middle blade in the group...
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    I can't shed any light on the razor, but I can't take my eyes off the top two either. Beautiful razors.

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    Ya know I still haven't found squat about this razor Short of it shaving very well

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    I like the Bell and your Clark & Hall very much (that is an oldie!). Could not find anything on an Irish cutler named Bell in my refs, which leads me to the conclusion that Bell may have simply had it made in nearby Sheffield with his hallmark. He could have been an importer or proprietor of a gentlemans emporium. Close English ties in Belfast. Nice looking razor and looks like it smoothly plows away the whiskers. thanks for the pics!

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    Default Bell, cutler

    found one reference to John Bell, cutler, Belfast 1840

    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~econnolly/bnlextracts/bnl18400100.html

    Might be nothin, but the period is probably about right.
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    1840's sure seems right for the blade. The original scales, horn, where so eaten away that they crumbled soon after I got the razor, a couple years ago

    Thanks for the extra eyes on the search all

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