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There is a PDF also linked in that thread, same as the picture message. It has a few pages discussing the razors in the picture, and so I think the Danish razor is dated generally to "the bronze...

Who says being an Old Testament professor isn't fun?

If my study in anthropology is any guide, likely the experience of circumcision was also the boy's introduction to...alcoholic beverages! "Becoming a man" apparently meant getting ripped, then...

Yeah, it's a circumcision. Egyptians circumcised at puberty. Kind of redefines "Coochie Razor" doesn't it!

If anyone doubts the edge one can put on bronze or flint or obsidian, here's a self-explanatory image from Bronze-Age Egypt.

Here's the file with the discussion of ancient razors. Being OCD about bibliographic references, I have put the book's title page at the start of the file.

Here's the chart again. There is some text that goes with it that I can't put my hands on right now. Will link to it if I find it.

As small as this razor is, one wonders if it's a candidate for the "Coochie Razor" on The Thread That Never Dies!:)

Oh my, I fear I created an inaccurate impression. This razor is most definitely not in my possession! I am a professor of Old Testament, and therefore of necessity, one who travels to the middle east...

Not really. Bronze was the main metal in use in the ancient world until about 1000 BC or so. Every razor in existence prior to that time is either made of flint (owie!!) or obsidian, chert, or...

This razor is 3200 years old, made of bronze, from the eastern Mediterranean region known as Luristan. Who knows what some Maas, some honing, might do?