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I have had my eye out for a couple years. A few months back i saw one go on the bay but i missed my opertunity due to limited hobby funds at that time. I have promised never tom let one (in good shape) slip by ever again. I have only seen 3, the known polished one with the pointy tip, the one that sold on the bay and the one listed in the wiki. How many members own this razor. Im trying to get an idea--- Rare? Scarce? Common yet treassured? Chime in on this fantastic razor!
I have to ask. Why the fascination with this particular razor?
I'm not at all sure I know what this razor looks like. If some one could post a pic, perhaps.
Here you go,
1. Page 1, pic 5: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthr...effield-Wedges
2. Page 3, pic 1 and 2: What are you still on the hunt for?
3. This guy is making his own variation: A Razors Tale: A couple more started.
kinda a wicked looking blade !! i hope you get yourself one !!
Here's a is after I finished it. http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...tml#post874801Quote:
Originally Posted by bongo
As for the original, It's pretty unique compared to the majority of W&B razors
Thanks MileMarker60 !!....Fantastic work on those razors and I must say the "OERW" is a stunner :tu
Those are sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet and the original WB looks awesome too I think i'm gonna be on the hunt for one of those also LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by MileMarker60
Good luck finding one - they're on a few thousand wish lists I'd imagine!
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I have two Custom Ottoman and one original.
I love the Razor
Please keep all talk of sales and trades out of the public forum.
Here pictures from my Custom Ottoman
TinyWebGallery - Rasiermesser/The new ottoman Egyptain and royal windsor razor
Incredible replica.
I've done a bit of research into these razors and there's some unusual stuff.
The name's a good place to start 'The Ottoman Egyptian and Royal Windsor Razor'.
I'll just cut to the chase and say that, most likely, it refers to the Royal Windsor hotel of Cairo. It was originally built in 1893 as baths for the royal Ottoman family and turned into a British Officers club shortly thereafter. I don't have any details on how that transition happened but I doubt it was nice.
What's interesting there is that it strongly implies these razors were made after the Madrid Agreement, and thus would be stamped 'England' if they were made for export, so they were probably made to be used at the hotel.
The other thing that's interesting is that, of the three that I've seen, one has a misspelling on the blade. That's pretty unusual, and leads me to my vague suspicion that these razors are counterfeit W&B. IE, not made by Wade & Butcher. In Lloyd's 'The Cutlery Trades' he mentions that the Cutler's Company of Hallamshire spent a lot of effort going after counterfeits and specifically mentions Egypt as one of the places they were pursuing. That's all pretty circumstantial though and I wouldn't count it as anything more than an interesting possibility. More likely, the fakes were obviously shoddy, and these clearly were not.
Still, that misspelling is very strange.
I love it! Thanks for the info, incredible story .
