"Aye Laddie, a mere common blade, but a cherished one never the less. " ;)
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"Aye Laddie, a mere common blade, but a cherished one never the less. " ;)
Now Boys! :nono:. The idea of Barbers doing this to their "workhorses" seems to be the answer. While occasionally seen, these marks are certainly not common. I can say with certainty that the razors I have seen it on were at least 100+ years old.
Made back in the days when a barbershop shave was commonplace. The scratching of names were made by common people. Soldiers razors are seen with their names and regiment/group names on older ones and their number upon the handle from the days when numbers were put upon soldiers. However, when coupled with these numbering systems, or just the numbers themselves, I am convinced that a barber once used this as a tool to make money and valued it as a tool, much as a machinist would scratch or engrave ID into an expensive tool, as Pixelfixed related. I have many old tools with names on them. Unattractive, yes. But quite necessary, I think! I started out thinking it had something to do with honing, but can now see that it truly makes no sense. These old razors were common everywhere back then. Not the collectibles they are today. JMO
another scratched out number to add to the thread... if we get enough maybe we can decipher a code. The tang reads George Wostenholm & Sons / Celebrated IXL Razor / Washington Works / Sheffield. The blade is an 11/16 spanish or wide barbers notch with a wedge/near wedge grind.
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Dang! Could that be the 222nd razor owned by old #1? or is it 19? :rofl2:
How about the 19th razor belonging to a barber who chose #222 to identify himself, instead of scratching his entire name on it. :shrug: :thinking:
This mystery of the fractions deepens. :beer1:
I don't think anyone who I see to be a "honemeister" makes any attempts to suggest or imply that there is any "mythological greatness" involved in the sharpening of a razor. To me a honemeister is someone who has a wealth of knowledge and skill in regards to sharpening razors and attempts to share that art with others, in turn helping them to also keep the art alive. You may be proficient at sharpening tools and razors but telling a person who is new to straights to "put it on the stone and shove it around till it's sharp" I don't think they will be able to get a shave ready edge using that advice =]
It is quite obviously an early prototype of the Trebl Duck HornEdge, no 19 to be precise. Someone swapped the scales out, probably the english inventor George Bresdickholme (the 'e' was dropped to get the whole name on the tang). As we all know, they decided on just two ducks - Duble Duck - in the end. :)
Regards,
Neil
I think it could be the markings of either an auction house or an antique store .