Thread: Calling on the historical experts, I'm stumped! An unassuming mystery razor.

Originally Posted by Hanlon

No problem - just snapped a couple quick pics. Sorry the quality isn't great. I've got plans to set up my diffuser screens sometime this summer and do some intensive razor shooting. But these will have to do for now.

Here's the razor, it's a short little travel model. Based on the relative crudeness of the stamp, I'm guessing it leans toward the early years of the Stodart business.

Yeah. I'd say that's quite early. Late 1700's quite easily. The tortoise shell scales are really in remarkable condition. It looks so old to me that I wonder if it was actually Stodart or if he bought the mark from an earlier cutler.

Probably not a travel razor though. The razors of that era were mostly much smaller.

Do you know anything about where it came from?

I got my Stodart razor from an eBay vendor near Swindon in the UK, so it never traveled very far.

And I'm in total agreement with ScienceGuy. That's a beautiful razor. I'm looking forward to you getting your gear set up and some nice pictures!