Gents,

Just got this delivered yesterday. Here's what the vendor sez:


"Here is a razor that bears all the manufacturing marks of a razor made in the late 1700's. When you compare it to a razor like a Joseph Elliot that has documentation of being made in the early half of the 1800's, this razor most certainly appears to have been made in the 1700's. Individual indications are as follows:


  1. The shape and aged condition of the horn handles.
  2. The overall shape of the entire blade combined with the tang and monkey tail.
  3. The very thick tang.
  4. The shortened stubby monkey tail.
  5. The fact that no name was ever put on this razor, (back in the 1700's not all makers had the know-how or necessary tools to implement letters and numbers by stamping, etching or engraving)."

Anyhow, she sure is pretty!