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03-20-2011, 05:23 AM #1'with that said'
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Hibbard Spencer Razor Identification
Hi Al!
An old friend asked me to see what I could do about cleaning up his fathers razor and possible honing it so that he could use it. Now first and foremost, I don't have a digital camera! I'll try to be as detailed as I can.
My friends dad would have been about 80-85 years old today.
On what I would refer to as the Backside it says Hibbard Spencer. Below that it says Bartlett & Co. The other side has three Large Capital letters of;OVB over that is an oval and in that oval it says; Our Very Best. There is no country of origin.
The scales are rather unique in that there is only a pivot pin and the very small wedge at the toe end seems to have been glued as there isn't a pin. The scales are ivory colored with a vine running the length with a wreath in the middle. The are some sort of synthetic.
The blade is a square point hollow ground 5/8's as best as i can measure!
If anyone can help me identify my friends razor it would be very much appreciated!
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03-20-2011, 08:15 AM #2Senior Member
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From here:
HIBBARD, SPENCER, BARTLETT & CO
Chicago, Illinois
Trademarks used include: "OVB", "Our Very Best", "HibSpeBar", and "ReyONoc"
Now known as True Value Hardware
ca. 1855 - 1960
No country of origin suggests pre-1890. Pictures may well help further identification from other members (and are always nice to look at anyway).Geezer likes this.
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03-20-2011, 12:03 PM #3Senior Member
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HIBBARD, SPENCER, BARTLETT & CO razors were (at least at one stage) made in Germany.
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03-22-2011, 03:54 AM #4'with that said'
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No country of origin suggests pre-1890. Pictures may well help further identification from other members (and are always nice to look at anyway).
My daughter has agreed to try to take some pictures of this razor. I'll try to post them by 3/26/11.
Sorry that I don't know how to work Quote thing!
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03-22-2011, 08:13 PM #5Senior Member
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Just click the quote button below the post to which you're replying and delete, or not, that that you don't want to reply to. Look forward to the pics.
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03-23-2011, 06:32 AM #6'with that said'
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[QUOTE ]Just click the quote button below the post to which you're replying and delete, or not, that that you don't want to reply to. Look forward to the pics.
Did I do good??!!
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03-23-2011, 12:05 PM #7Senior Member
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Almost. You need to leave the '[quote ...]' at the beginning and the '[/quote]' at the end, then type you reply either before or after them. Here is what your text quote above looks like in text (minus the " "'s'): Originally Posted by cudarunner
"["QUOTE=cudarunner;760297][QUOTE ]Just click the quote button below the post to which you're replying and delete, or not, that that you don't want to reply to. Look forward to the pics.
Did I do good??!![/QUOTE"]"
Good luck“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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03-30-2011, 04:40 PM #8Senior Member
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Thanked: 244 Here are the pictures.
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03-30-2011, 10:52 PM #9'with that said'
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Thanks for posting the pictures!! I hope this will help with more information about this razor! I've got it honed up through a 12k. Shaves really nice! Nice steel!
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03-09-2014, 06:38 AM #10Junior Member
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Hello,
I have this same razor and am wondering if anyone knows the value of it. I received this from my uncle who was a barber for many years and would be in his 90's today. I'm not looking to sell this just curious of what it might be worth.
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