Thread: an strange blade, wedge more ore less

with a short tail less curved than i used to see in 1700-1800 razors and with a small decaration, stamped with john houdon, well, could you me help in the clasification and how kind of scales will be the better i can make for it ?, many many thanks

Roberto you always post the most interesting old blades, where do you primarily find them?

Hi Roberto,

Any chance of a few more pics of the tang stamp - it looks a bit like an 'M' rather than an 'H' for the surname.

Chances are the original scales would be made from horn.

Regards,
Neil

holy that looks well used and old...any plans for it?

Originally Posted by sleekandsmooth

holy that looks well used and old...any plans for it?

Around the pressed letters in the tang, another photos, all you say will be well recived, I find it with a rest of a wooden scale, but obiously not original, bad done and shorter, regards



Now you can see all i can see, wath do you read here, please ?

It looks like an 'H' now, thanks!

Could be 'Harrison', but there does not seem to be enough letters - the 'A' looks a bit mis-stamped, though, so it might incorporate or obliterate an 'R'.

There are a few Harrisons - in the 1780s in Campo Lane and Hollis Croft, Sheffield, in the 1820s/30s at the Norfolk Works, as well as others.

Further discussion isn't really pertinent, though, until we know what the tang actually says!

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

It looks like an 'H' now, thanks!

Could be 'Harrison', but there does not seem to be enough letters - the 'A' looks a bit mis-stamped, though, so it might incorporate or obliterate an 'R'.

There are a few Harrisons - in the 1780s in Campo Lane and Hollis Croft, Sheffield, in the 1820s/30s at the Norfolk Works, as well as others.

Further discussion isn't really pertinent, though, until we know what the tang actually says!

Regards,
Neil

I prefer take it easy, and , nevertjheless i´m going to clean the hole of the letter with acid (is quite useful),, really i can onli have some doubds around the last one, the rest is simple for me, one H, one O with rubish into, one U another O clerly an a pssible N. around the scales what about one similar of it? http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ery-razor.html

more photos after cleaning

another one

A trick!
Sometimes when it's hard to read old stamps it can be easier if you press a piece of plastilina (kids stuff) in the stamp and then read on the plastic.
But your closeups are really good, I wish I could take pics like that!