So I got this distinguished older gentleman off eBay recently. Today I gave it a solid cleaning, scale polishing and enough honing to see that it's gonna take some work.

I know Pigot's directory lists these guys, so they go back to at least 1829.

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It would probably be possible to clean some of the patina off, but I'm disinclined to with this razor. It looks to me like it's seen a lot of use in its life and there's really no hiding it. The scales are going to clean up beautifully. Once again I say: horn is the material that keeps kicking.
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Based on the stubby little tail, the patina and the to-the-point tang stamp, my best guess is that it's from before 1830.

Sadly, Stimpy's pictures of his Lord & Harvey aren't viewable anymore so I can't compare this one.

Even if I can't get this one to hold a shaving edge, it'll be a lovely specimen of an early Sheffield razor.