Just Grabbed a Pair

Years ago, I used to play mandolin. And, in the mandolin crowd, we suffered from MAS, or Mandolin Acquisition Syndrome. I'm sure there is a similar disease for wet-shavers. Anyway, I digress.

I just picked up this pair of straight razors. I saw them and said to myself, "Self, I've got to have this pair." I'm hoping they shave as good as they look.

A matched set of mid-19th century Joseph Rodgers & Sons straight razors. The are a wedge grind and are just over 6/8" wide. The tang reads:

Joseph Rodgers & Sons
Cutlers to Their Majesty
No 6. Norfolk Street
Sheffield

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wow... what a find you have there....

That is a beautiful pair!!
Very nice condition too.
Looks like ivory scales to me. Nice!

Woa, two beauties you got there!

realy nice those two, they are twins?

Here is the box they came in.

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They look unused. What did you pay for them?

that is a very sweet pair indeed!

Exquisite pair of razors you have there. Thanks for sharing them with us! :tu :tu

They will shave at least as good as they look, which is awesome! Really good judgement in that aquisition! Hard to find things such as those. Nice Work!:dropjaw:

Very nice. Gives new meaning to "shave with a pair." :-)

Gorgeous. Nice twins you got there.

Wow. So that's the type of find you could go for years without seeing. Totally beautiful. Glad you grabbed 'em, because you could kick yourself for some time for letting something like that slip by. Cheers!

Ah Undream's auction. You definitely won't be disappointed one little bit. Well done.

Exceptional find. Cheers! :tu

Wow, beautiful! I have a sort of sweet spot for matched razors. I've got a pair of Ern 6/8" razors that needed rescaling; decided to do them in ebony and "maplivory" (white maple). I don't know if anybody remembers an ebay seller a couple months back who was selling off his late father's collection (I still have their ebay page bookmarked and go through that every time I go to ebay hoping to see more listed some day) and snagged a matched set of 3 Peter J. Michaels "Merrit 11/16" razors for $40.

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Ah Undream's auction. You definitely won't be disappointed one little bit. Well done.

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Brad did a great job.

Your subject line sounded much more painful than what you've actually got to show. MAD sounds like an expensive affliction. Now you've stumbled headong into RAD, unless your exquisite find brings with it instant razor satiety (IRS?)

Have you shaved with these yet?

Really nice.....!

I just want to say "Oyoyoyoyoy...".
Stunning pair you got there.