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Agreed.

Honing 18th century razors is best done after you have a really good idea what you're doing between the rock and the metal.

That's a complicated question.

It is undoubtedly rare because it's the only Nicholas Brammall razor I've seen.

Did he produce many razors? We don't really have any way of knowing. Having never...

Yes, you must be right. The stamp dies have 'CALVIN / VERITABLE' and 'ACIER / FONDU'. Clearly two different strikes.

This really does bolster the argument that Huntsman's steel came back to...

It means genuine or true -- very similar meaning in both English and French.

As for razors, it's like Johnmrson said -- 'real cast steel' (as in 'VERITABLE ACIER FONDU'). It's marketing language...

Agreed. It's the first I've seen. I expected veritable to be part of the manufacturer's mark, but Brammall's was simply "CALVIN".

Quite a find!

Definitely one of the less-known early manufacturers.

Nicholas Brammall was listed in the 1787 Gales & Martin directory as working in White Croft. His mark was CALVIN (as it...