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I personally have very few from before 1800. But I'll see what I can turn up in the way of pictures.

I went mining the internet for early razors and found a few.

1760's English, John Pyke.

18th century Spanish set (these give me a righteous case of the 'GIMMIES!')

Actually, the folding razor as we know it is the one I'm saying predates 1650. It's what Samuel van Hoogstraten painted, it's what the Pilgrim's carried to Plymouth, and I've seen several examples in...

I'm really happy to answer. It's, probably obviously, a question I've asked myself.

When was the recognizably modern razor invented? Before 1650 is the best answer I can give.

Was the Dutch...

Ah, there's another part of your original question that I missed. You asked about early razor manufacturing in the 18th century.

This book is an excellent source of information on the subject....

Well, no. Modern steel is considerably different from Huntsman's steel, which was different from the earlier steels used in razors.

If this is the sort of razor you're talking about as an iron...

That all depends on what you mean by modern.

I think pretty much any of us could pick up the razor in van Hoogstraten's painting and shave with it. The chances are good that while the steel...

To the best of my knowledge Benjamin Huntsman didn't make any razors.

There are a lot of competing stories about the invention of his cast steel process, and it's pretty much impossible at this...