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Very cool piece. Any idea if the razor would have been made in England, imported, and marked with Scharff?

My thoughts as well. For comparison, here is my (later) example of the David Cadman mark. Yours is a nice early piece.

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Pretty cool one. There's a good chance that case is at least of the period.

I'm reasonably certain it's seen wear / regrinding over time (though would have to see it up close to be sure). They generally had a triangular shape (you wouldn't see that concavity around the...

I particularly like those with the maker's mark stamped on the spine. The molded patterns in the horn would have originally contained a brass inlay:

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I don't have access to any right now, unfortunately. Often the ones I'm describing either had a somewhat thin wedge or none at all (cut into the horn of one of the scales to make a quasi wedge). The...

Here I would disagree. Stylistically, probably, but there were plenty of razors from the 1790s and on that did not have this and the scales function fine - probably a wider-angle wedge would be...

Should be an underestimate of angle - the blade width is shorter than the measurement because of the large flat area of the spine on this style.

That one is mine and I would just measure it for you, but it is currently an ocean away so I can't. However, I will say that of the examples I have that are closest to being unused, many measure...

I'm still not convinced that Haven(d)and is the maker - as Zak said it would be highly unusual for him to make a razor. Did Joan send a picture of his mark registered from the book?

I've just had a look through the rest of Sketchley's and didn't see a Havenhand (or Havendand) listed anywhere. There isn't a section specific to sickles but I looked through the others and the...

There's plenty of knowledge on that here but that's such a broad topic it's really hard to answer. I'd start with one of the Sheffield history books like Masters to Mesters to get an overview of how...

Oh yes there are plenty of magpie collectors who just go after rare and fancy looking stuff and people who get a lot without truly digging deep (I'm looking at you, Lummus and Doyle, at least based...

I happen to be in the know about this one - the seller got that info from Zak ;) I don't think the owner of the estate did much serious research on these.

Well that one is a 'Cast Steel' variant. Here is a 'German Steel' (though who knows they were probably the same steel anyway):

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I have pondered this before. I have seen a few examples of Swedish razors from the period (one pictured below from maker Nils Grönstrand), and there are a few on the internet here and there from...

I had always figured this said LONDON. But it looks very much like the system of French marks with the example you gave. Do you know if it might read a different city?

Is it possible that "neat cast steel" was an industry term? I pull up a lot of hits of "neat cast iron" from the mid 19th century. If so that could make this one of those pieces without a maker's...

I did a doubletake because that looks dead like a Robinson that I have:

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Here are some more. Six in a period case:

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A pair in a period case:

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And a big range of some of the razors (some bleed-over into the 1800s here) that are not the...

German one is likely blister steel, and based on some references I have seen could be anywhere from 1500s to early 1700s. I am almost there getting it to a point where at least part of the edge will...

Not bad for 200 years old...

Here are some more from varied sources, London, unknown, and likely of Germanic origin. Note how the hollowed section extends further back than many of the blades from Sheffield.

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Compared here with another Harwood.

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I realized I may not have posted some of these initially. And also left a few out by accident. I will try to get hi-res pictures soon and reply here.