Thread: John Barber, early 1800?

What you've got there is what we call a "stub tail" and there is a section in the 'razor clubs' sub forum, "the stub tailed shavers", where you can see many of them. Probably some John Barbers in there too IIRC. Once honed up you'll have a nice shaver with some real history behind it. If it could talk, what stories it could tell.

For 20$ you should feel real proud, those things take a great edge and are fantastic shavers!

These are among the very best shaving razors from that period. Are you making one of your super duper fancy scales for it? The blade looks very nice and appropriate with that horn, so if I were you I'd just hone it up an use it, but there are some very high end models and I'm very fortunate to own one.

Congrats John! Based on the shape, I'd guess it's one of his earlier blades.
A real beauty, and a real piece of history.

I have an almost identical razor.

Does anyone know how John Barber died? Google is no help.

how John Barber died?

Don't know.
But he died on 13 April 1834, aged 52, and was buried in St George's churchyard, Portobello.

they are georgous