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Thanks! The scales certainly look later 1800s but it could always have been rescaled. Mine lacks the border around Kingsbury. I'm curious but don't have a whole lot to base solid ground off of on...

I would love a pic! I don't know dates for Kingsbury well enough, I'll have to do some reading.

Good god it's been a long time since I updated this. Here are a few more interesting ones.

Kingsbury, which I think is Benjamin Kingsbury, a cutler who published a number of pamphlets with pretty...

Delighted to have this one, a late 1800s case for two straight razors, richly appointed. Yes, it is made of solid ivory.

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Thanks Phrank. I strive to make my entire collection shave-ready, but it takes a lot of effort and is sometimes a stretch for some of the older or poorly-ground blades. But I would say I have shaved...

And finally, a couple more for tonight. First up, a bit Sweeny-ish, made by T. Barrett of 144 Fleet Street:

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Ashton Jackson & Co's Unique and Inimitable American Razor, stamped on the...

Some contract blades here.

First, Wade and Butcher, manufactured for Gordon & Wellington, Boston. Complete with faux asian characters:

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Two here, the first manufactured for...

Some more items of interest, some French blades here.

Unknown, in tortoise and silver collars:

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Another I can't read due to regrind, older, but also in tortoise:

Absolutely agreed. Just the chance to handle some of these things, then pass them on, is great.

I do have many regretted sales, especially when I look through my old pictures. But the grass is always greener, and there are always bigger fish I'm after.

Ha, no, instead just simple economics. My collection is largely self-funding. I do a lot of hunting at markets, and a lot of buying and selling on ebay. If you skim often enough you can find stuff...

It's an ongoing process deciding what to do. Generally, if they have traces of original finish, I'll leave that for historical purposes. If there's rust, I'll clean it off, and if it's been reground...

A few more.

Richardson / Liverpool and Pupley 114 Boro in ivory.

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London razor, Birks, Roan, and Rhodes and Champion.

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Some other toiletry equipment. Some kind of scraper and a shoehorn.

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One of the few Edward Barnes I've come across.

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A Clark and Hall with inlaid brass.

Joseph Smith & Son from Lummus' collection.

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Rayson Warranted, interesting early molded motifs.

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Marshes and Shepherd Platina Steel razor. I like to think that this is part...

Original finish (not quite NOS) group: WB Gentlemens Use, J. Nowill and Sons, C & J Morton Cheapside.

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Turtle group. AUX 15-20, unknown, Harwood & Co, Millikin Dublin with silver cap,...

William Warburton c. 1760-80, unknown, and Norris.

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Close up. Interesting use of a Lisbon stamp, most common from a different Warburton later.

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Big blades. 9/8 Jonathan...

Seems like there's enough interest recently to just collect a bunch of my more interesting stuff in a single post. Most of this stuff a lot of you have seen already, but it's fresh pictures, so here...