Thread: Razor from the 1890's

Old thread - I know, but I'm new here. I picked up a couple of these recently. A little rust, but generally good shape (as far as I can tell so far). They have days stamped on the spine (Wednesday, Thursday, etc). Wondering if you ever honed it and how it works. Also, any idea what the scales are made of? One has a wedge pin (guessing added later) and the other does not (although it is broken and would need a pin in order to return to use.

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We like pictures. With the days of the week on the spines, they came from a seven day set most likely. Vintage razors of that era were made with fine steel so it should hone up nice.

They are pretty rough on the spine but not too bad (to my new and untrained eye) otherwise. A couple broken scales (but split along seam so can be repaired with pin) (photos show one with pin and one w/o). Has original box? in rough shape. I think I may try electrolysis to clean up rust (to try to save the etching). May lose the etching trying to hone but worth a try for rust. Photos below

Above is probably best condition. This one worst

This is whole set

Actually this is whole set