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I am sure. Just a little stropping, good as new.

Sounds awesome!

When you get home, I would be really happy to see photographs of those early razors. You really know your razors! Do you have any of the turn of the century (18th-19th) guard razors?

So, how would the appearance differ from say a 1690 razor and a 1790 razor?

Are the razor manufacturers from the 18th century known?

Thanks again. So, when, and by whom, were the first razors made with the Huntsman process introduced?

So, what I think you are saying is that the straight razor, as we know it, is pre 1650. Then, why have I read that the use of Huntsman's steel allowed for the 'modern' straight razor. Is that just...

Thank you for that very comprehensive answer. I guess my primary question would be, when was the modern straight razor invented? Was it in the 17th century or the 18th century? From the little I...

So, is this a modern steel straight razor? Again, I know so little of the history. I have some iron razors, which look like miniature hatchets.

From when is the painting?

Thank you for the information. It looks as though the first actual modern straight razors were manufactured in France from Huntsman steel?

I have been trying to find history on the early straight razors. From what I have read, a gentleman named Benjamin Huntsman invented the cast steel razor. However, I do not see his name among any...