Thread: Allison Razor mystery?

I picked this razor at the 9th Annual Shaving Collectibles meeting and love it. I stumbled across another allison's celebrated razor in the General Artemas Ward House Museum collection from Harvrad University. My problem is that it says that it was General Ward's razor and he died in 1800. The only Allison maker I can find any info on is dated c 1820-1830. The style is unique and doesn't look like many of the earlier stubtails. Do you all think that this dates from around 1800 or was it possibly one of Ward's son's? Any one else have and Allison's Celebrated Razor and any info on the maker? Thanks.
mine is the blach one, the yellow bone is the General's
Thanks to the Harvard Virtual library source

http://via.lib.harvard.edu/via/deliv...thumb&offset=0

The museum is wrong. The Allison razor they have dates to the late 1820's, and thus would have definitely not belonged to a man who died in 1800.

Ironically, I just got a razor that's a near-identical twin to the one in the museum, and I posted more information here.

Thanks for the info. I absolutely love mine and it shaves like a dream. It is still my oldest razor and is one of my faves. I think I got an amazing deal for $75. The museum's may have belonged to his son also named Artemas.