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12-30-2010, 10:43 PM #1Senior Member
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Help with info on razor
I picked this up today. Looks really old. Great smile and patina. I could not find any info on WM.OLMSTED. There is also a number 1 stamped into the tang.
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12-30-2010, 10:52 PM #2
I have heard of them but don't know anything about them other than it's a first rate razor.
With a smile like that you'll be doing some fancy hone strokes to hone up that baby.No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero
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12-30-2010, 11:08 PM #3Poor Fit
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Thats a looker!! Love the overall shape of that one! Congrats.
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12-31-2010, 04:17 PM #4Senior Member
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Nothing in Goins' on Wm. Olmstead. Nice looking swayback! With that stubby tang, has to be around 1830 vintage, IMO. Hope it has a well tempered edge that holds it's sharpness when honed, as many very old razors don't for long. Great find.
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12-31-2010, 06:23 PM #5Senior Member
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Thank you guys.
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12-31-2010, 06:38 PM #6Senior Member
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Nothing in Doyle's Collecting Straight Razors either although the name rings a bell. Not sure if the bell is razor related though. Nice piece. Love those smiling blades.
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