Thread: Straight razor Original owner stories

Yesterday while looking at and admiring a few old razors in my collection I got to day dreaming about their long lives. I have an old greaves stubby and a Tillotson's chopper that are have been around for a long, long time. Each razor was purchased on eBay, and neither seller could tell me anything about them... Where they came from, who they belonged to, how they made it over the past 200 years.... Undoubtedly these razors have been through a lot. I have a fair collection of serviceable razors at this point but only one came with a story, and even that razor's story was no more then a few lines long..

The razor I speak of is one of the younger members of my collection... It's a 5/8 hollow ground etched wade and butcher that I can easily date to the late 1880's- just pre 1890.

The story only said it was found in the house of a farmer who worked a large corn field who passed away in the 1930's on the Indiana-Ohio river boader.
The time line makes sense, as if the farmer passed old, lets say 80, that would mean he would have been born in the 1850's and would have been 40 or so years old give or take when the razor was made.

I would love to see this thread turn in to a commemoration to the original owners of our prized razors- I would Also like to see pictures of the razors to bring the story to life... I can't wait to hear what some of our razors have to say!!