Thread: A Find of a Lifetime!!! 8 Razors to Die For.

Originally Posted by brooksie967

Honestly a local guy's wife contacted my buddy who had an ad up somewhere looking for used razors. He got the call and told me 'we're going somewhere tonight'. Neither of us expected to see around 1000 razors. He mentioned hones and stuff but they were put away so I'll be going back at a later date to scope those out.

The SRP envy sensors must be going off the charts tonight! Congrats on the find

Amazing haul! Congrats

I'm seriously green with envy!

Originally Posted by brooksie967

Some guy had been collecting since he was 14, he's moving, wants to downsize. That's all I know about him. Super nice guy, his wife made us coffee while we looked through his stuff. Wonderful experience all around!

Had a similar experience when I was collecting cameras. By that I mean the pleasure of doing business with a nice older couple and the wife served up coffee. Nice and relaxing experience. You can't beat it.

Bob

I must admit, that was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

It took us 2+ hours STRAIGHT of inspecting razors in an assembly line fashion.

We both walked away with an INCREDIBLE haul. I never thought I'd see that many
blades in one place, let alone be able to touch them all and have my pick of the litter!

I'm incredibly grateful about what we found, and the experience of meeting that nice couple.

And it wouldn't have been nearly as fun to do by myself, so I'm glad I invited Brooksie to
share it with me.

Besides, if he wasn't there he wouldn't have believed me. And if he did believe me he would
have beaten me uf for not taking him

WHAT?!!! That's insane guys! I thought you could only find 8/8 + choppers in places like the Boston States! Who knew?

I can't wait to see some pics of that 10/8 Wostey and congrats on the 8/8 WB Celebrated Brooksie! Very very nice haul!

PADRAIG,

I'll send some pics. Its ridiculous....

I never thought I'd see that many
blades in one place

Exactly what I said right before Oldblades walked in.

Great find fellahs!

Sweet find for sure, here is some information on your Horabin razor: http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...-not-wiki.html

About your 5&6:
Front tang: Asian writing?
Rear Tang: F with Maltese cross??
Ive read in a few different places that Hiram Cutler had a registered trademark Capital F below Maltese cross. As far has the asian/ kanji writing on the razor i think its been said a few times over that was some kind of publicity advertizing stunt.


CUTLER, Hiram G. SHEFFIELD
Castle Hill 1837-1846
CUTLER, Hiram, Son & CHAMBERS
Castle Hill Works, Castle Hill 1854-1862
Also listed simply as Cutler, Son & Chambers 1849-1859.
CHAMBERS, Charles & Co
Castle Hill Works, Castle Hill 1864-1887
In 1837 Cutler took over the premises and presumably continued the business of Furness, Cutler & Stacey (before them, Weldon & Furniss). It is not known whether this Cutler or John/William Cutler were in the Whitham & Cutler partnership.
1841: Hiram G. Cutler, merchant, steel converter, and saw, edge tool, file, and table, shoe and butcher knife manufacturer.
1862: Hiram and John Edward Cutler, and Charles Chambers, merchants, and manufacturers of steel, files, edge tools, saws, and table and spring knife cutlery.
In 1889 the defunct firm’s trade marks, pattern books, labels and account books (dating from 1780) were advertised for sale in a Sheffield newspaper.
Trade and second quality marks: Weldon; late Cutler, Son and Chambers; capital F below Maltese cross.

I wasnt pursuaded that Hiram Cutler did in fact produce razors but this advertisement from 1851 in a newspaper clearly states that his firm did make razors.