Check out the Torrey w/ a story!

So my buddy mentioned to me he had a straight razor I could have. I was expecting it to be a beater/rusted/frowning something or another , he also said that he thought it belonged to a US soldier back in the day. I think because it says USA on the tang.

I was wrong. It was in perfect shape all it needed was a quick touchup hone so i tried out my new coticule with it.

i did some digging around on the Internet to find out that it wasn't a US soldier after-all and was a Canadian soldier. He had engraved his last name and Regiment number ( attn: Baker 772472) into the scales so that's what I went off.

Arthur Thomas Henry Baker
born: 14/04/1892 , Plymouth , England. Moved over to Canada and married.

He was in the 125th Canadian Infantry Battalion (1st overseas Battalion of the 38th Regiment Dufferin Rifles) in WW1.

Regiment # 772472

His trade was apparently as a watchmaker.

Besides all that, which is just cool to attach it to someone in history , it's a great razor and I shaved with it last night for the first time. Shaved great!

Rick

That is a nice looking Torrey! The history of the razor really adds some character as well.

For some reason I can't see the pic on my phone. But thanks for sharing the history and grats! Must be cool owning a piece of history like that. I hope he made it through the war ok.

Edit. Saw the picture at home now. It truly is in great shape! You're a lucky guy. Grats again!

Beautiful! Great razors, Torreys.

Super Cool!

Ya have to love the history. Very cool and even better when it is so nice.