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I've seen maybe 15 of these for sale over my collecting, but all of the same form. I've seen I think only one of an earlier form from the same maker, but I don't have a picture of it anymore. If I...

You might be surprised how strong ivory can be, and how intricate pieces made of it could be. It doesn't surprise me that the frame is ivory.

I was just working on a razor tonight with that exact grind, from around 1810 Sheffield!

Here's a few, B. Richardson & Son, Philadelphia, and a Gravely & Wreaks. They were importers in NYC who were only in business a few years in the 1830s and dealt especially in Bowie knives from...

Neat! He did make razors (I've never seen one), but the form of that razor is much more recent, probably mid-late 1800s. The pamphlet was published after he was already well established in (first...

Here are some more I dug up.

A Wade & Butcher, Magnetic Steel For Barbers Use:

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Another Wade & Butcher, 1820s Patent Tempered Steel, but stamped on the top of the spine with W&B:
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@Voidmonster, definitely not the Stodart, psh, I've got one of those too... :)

As far as rarity, I have a tendency to get rid of stuff I see duplicates of, so a lot of it is one-off. Here's a few:...