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I suppose I can update this mess! The maker was figured-out and discussed in this thread..
Was a fun journey. I miss Neil Miller, Jimmyhad, and Tarkus around here! ;)

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Well......We cannot all be Neil Miller! They broke the mold after him! Might be a good thing! ;)

I think that's how he wound up in gaol. ;)

Yes.The same sad tale was told to me from a poor soul incarcerated in the Harris County jail a few decades ago. A gauntlet of HUGE black dudes lined the corridor where you must go as they called your...

Unless you English call a jail a gaol, I presume you have misspelt! ;)

Yeah, Darl eats pie with a spoon! Neil, a good thing you did not tellum you were a VENDOR! You would be under the jail by now! :p

Thats the "vendor" part, Darl. :D

HA! I was just going to try the A.A. as you replied! As to Dan 'DaVinci", I wonder if Alex has an answer?
So, it is Knyns instead of Knyn? Neat to learn of old makers in any case!

It seems as if I have as well, Neil! It will show up somewhere. I figured that on the number, but 41. 1/2 cannot be very common? As I looked at the AK on the razor in Martin's second link, the "A"...

Thanks, Gooser! I suppose all of them run thru the fleabay at some point! :rolleyes:

Excellent detective work, Martin! (as usual!). The razor itself seems a dead ringer for the Knyn in the first link you provided. The sucker is pretty big, so I wondered if it was not ground on a 41...

No. I don't see a Jourdain there?

Well, I suppose starting a thread stimulates! I have found that the tang stamp indicates it was imported into France and is German made.
I reckon that Jourdain was a French dealer. The grinding...

I wonder if anyone has info on this beast? 9/8 with horn scales. I like the grinding wheel/pulley setup on the back tang!




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