Wondering if this is really razor at all. Maybe some choop choop machine:-) The Antique Straight Razor/ Folding Knife Early | eBay
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Wondering if this is really razor at all. Maybe some choop choop machine:-) The Antique Straight Razor/ Folding Knife Early | eBay
close compared to many so-called razors out there, but nope, that's a free shipping on kitchen appliances ad
Love your answer... free shipping on kitchen appliances ad... LOL
this is what your link is showing me:
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Correct me if I am wrong, but I think this is where he was trying to go with it..
The Antique Straight Razor/ Folding Knife Early | eBay
Do you think that will fit a John Deer riding lawn mower?
Probably - go ahead and give it a try ! :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by McBrautigam
But, yes, it is an antique razor. Chinese, I guess ...
I've seen several like that for sale. I wonder if they are all the same one and people are just passing it around.
I've never seen them identified as Chinese though. They always claim to be early American.
I think Lee/Hoglahoo was actually right it is a kitchen appliance... :p
We really don't know what those things are, we just know they don't shave, we also know they are not rare, we "think" they are a gimmick item much like "Genuine American Indian Arrows"
According to the ad, it is of the "Product Type: Hand with make into"
Today's challenge: Find another phrase like the one above that follows the same word-order: Noun preposition verb preposition. Bonus points if you can get it to make any sense at all
Winner gets a voucher for a free turkey
Here are the two submissions I have received so far:
Dingleberry of prattle through
Gimmick under wear on
I think I've said this in another post on these, but my guess is that they were made in China either in the late 19th-early 20th century, pre Communist revolution, or in the 1970's after China was re-opened to Western tourism. Most likely made as tourist type gifts, especially around areas of Buddhist temples where the real things are used for ceremonial head shavng. Like I said though, just a guess.:)
I'm pretty sure that's a "spopstick" -- sort of a Chinese spork. Sort of a minimalist Mao - era technological innovation. Watch for them in the soup lines headed our way when our new masters arrive. Not that I'm at all bitter, of course.
Meanwhile, back at the ranchouse,................................
People buy stuff from this crazy seller?! This is bordering on ridiculous. Who even buys the junk hes asking HUGE prices for with no authentication?
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Originally Posted by hoglahoo
Gimmick, underwear on
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The last time I checked , you could buy them by the dozen at Smoky Mountain Knife Works .
Hi guys,
I keep seeing these things everywhere ( the above mentioned razor) and everyone saying they are fake, or Chinese razors but, if any of you have a copy of Neumann's " Collector's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution", look on page 240, the very top left image. It's a picture of the very same razor in question. I saw where another member asked about this but, received no reply.
Neumann says that it was a razor and also a "rifle ball patch cutter". Any Ideas?
Speaking as a straight razor guy , and a patch cutting guy . I use a knife to cut my patches at the muzzle , and I would never use my razor to cut patches because doing so would ruin the edge on my razor . BTW you can still get these things at SMKW , but not by the dozen . They're $12.99 ea. , now .Quote:
Originally Posted by sharpedge
Hi Dave, thanks for the reply. I know what you're saying but, the point Neumann was making is that it was used as a double duty tool. You haven't answered my question though about why this exact razor is in his book of things used by the American Colonial soldier.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave5225
The point I'm trying to make , is that a straight razor , would not be used interchangeably as a patch knife . Not by anyone in their right mind , anyway . As to why Neumann has a picture of one in his book , you'll have to ask him . :DQuote:
Originally Posted by sharpedge
Edit: BTW , these things don't look like a colonial razor or a patch knife . None that I've ever seen , anyway .
By the time of the American Revolution, Europeans had been trading with China for a couple hundred years. They could have brought back the razors or designed their own based off of the Chinese ones. I just know that I've seen them used in documentaries about Buddhism and it was said that some of the razors being used were 300+ years old.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharpedge
SMKW sells them , and claims they're Chinese , and date from the late 19th to the early 20th century .
