Nearly a whole month had gone by with no sign of RAD...

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04-25-2012, 02:17 AM
Voidmonster

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Nearly a whole month had gone by with no sign of RAD...

I've been saving up all my fun money for a larger purchase next month.

I eschewed anything but the most tempting of eBay fruit (I'm looking at you, Jonathan Crookes!).

I started working on a batch of 5 razors to sell. I traded away two others!

And then something happened.

These four razors (none of which are in my possession yet):

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Hiram Gilbert, New York
(I suspect made by Wade & Butcher -- strike that, make it Joseph Elliot)

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Joseph Elliot, NEW YORK pressed scales -- a brother to my Philadelphia razor

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Scargill. Oh how I've wanted one of these...

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R. Wade, Warranted.

So much for saving money.
04-25-2012, 02:41 AM
rodb

Really nice!! Those two really old ones look great!
04-25-2012, 11:49 AM
EisenFaust

Don't you hate it (and love it) when that happens? ;-) some great pieces there!
04-25-2012, 02:59 PM
ScienceGuy

So you're the one who outbid me on that Scargill! I was also eyeing the Wade. Hope they're as good as they look!
04-25-2012, 04:17 PM
Voidmonster

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Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

So you're the one who outbid me on that Scargill! I was also eyeing the Wade. Hope they're as good as they look!

Aye! I hope you got some cool stuff too. :)

It's gonna be interesting to have that stuff in-hand... Most of it looks to be in good shape (considering), though the Elliot is going to require the abrasive love of serious cleaning.
04-25-2012, 04:47 PM
manah

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Joseph Elliot, NEW YORK pressed scales

Today, I've finished .pdf "The history of Joseph Elliot & Sons (Sheffield) Ltd."
May be, it would interesting.:)
04-25-2012, 04:59 PM
Voidmonster

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Originally Posted by manah

Today, I've finished .pdf "The history of Joseph Elliot & Sons (Sheffield) Ltd."
May be, it would interesting.:)

Very timely! I had just started to seriously dig into the history of the company. I don't know why it took me so long, the Joseph Elliot blades I have are among my favorites.
04-25-2012, 05:08 PM
Voidmonster

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Originally Posted by manah

Today, I've finished .pdf "The history of Joseph Elliot & Sons (Sheffield) Ltd."
May be, it would interesting.:)

Oh yes! I don't know how useful (or accurate) this is, but over here there is mention that Joseph Elliot also absorbed the marks for J and I Barber, Cadman and a handful of others.

There isn't a stated source for that information though.
04-25-2012, 05:54 PM
kalerolf

Great new razors. Gongrats
04-26-2012, 01:41 AM
EisenFaust

Hey just realised that Hiram Gilbert looks JUST like my old Elliot!

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/a...os/Elliot4.jpg
04-26-2012, 01:50 AM
Voidmonster

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Originally Posted by EisenFaust

Hey just realised that Hiram Gilbert looks JUST like my old Elliot!

http://i861.photobucket.com/albums/a...os/Elliot4.jpg

So it does! I thought I'd already posted this, but after a tiny bit of looking around, I'd come to the conclusion that the Hiram Gilbert was likely a rebadge of an Elliot blade. Your old Elliot really bolsters that theory! I wish the Gilbert had that lovely old blade etch though. Have you considered taking a piece of 2k grit sandpaper on a dowel and polishing up the highest parts to make that pop out more?

Also worth noting, the Hiram Gilbert seems to use the same typeface die:

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04-26-2012, 02:15 AM
EisenFaust

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Originally Posted by Voidmonster

So it does! I thought I'd already posted this, but after a tiny bit of looking around, I'd come to the conclusion that the Hiram Gilbert was likely a rebadge of an Elliot blade. Your old Elliot really bolsters that theory! I wish the Gilbert had that lovely old blade etch though. Have you considered taking a piece of 2k grit sandpaper on a dowel and polishing up the highest parts to make that pop out more?

Sure have - since this pic was taken she's been unpinned - the scales were cracked through at the wedge. She's now in the cue for a light blade restore and a new pair of replica scales. No idea what the etch says or shows - will be leaving that face alone though, I have a feeling even polish will kill it.
04-26-2012, 02:21 AM
EisenFaust

Just spotted your edit - the font seals it IMO, these blades are brothers ;)
04-26-2012, 02:26 AM
Voidmonster

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Originally Posted by EisenFaust

Sure have - since this pic was taken she's been unpinned - the scales were cracked through at the wedge. She's now in the cue for a light blade restore and a new pair of replica scales. No idea what the etch says or shows - will be leaving that face alone though, I have a feeling even polish will kill it.

Yeah. That's a tough call. The design (whatever it is -- I see a decorative border near the toe and a bunch of... stuff everywhere else) has enough open space in it that it might be difficult to polish just the microscopically raised parts. But I have had some like clarifying the parts of a similarly shallow etch that weren't destroyed by corrosion just using 2k sandpaper (on some kind of rigid support) and careful, constantly checked sanding.