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Beautiful "Dip-at-toe"!
Thanks for sharing!

That is not a "Dip-at-toe" I'm afraid, sorry!

No idea I'm afraid...

Good point, missed that ;)

It is indeed the wee rusted bit, just keep on trying to spot it, it will be better I'm sure!

No worries, yes, indeed, it surprises me as well! Good for us for estimating the production date

To identify, maybe it helps to look at the bump on the spine?
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The spine is not...

:hmmm: I see... Understood! ;)

Ah, you mean the line where the grinding started on the blade!
As far as I know, at this moment, there are no conclusions to be made regarding age if this line should have another style...

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Nice German Steel Samuel Norris razor!
No "Dip-at-toe " though, and no shoulder as well, for me it is around 1790 :D

Yep, absolutely! ;)

Yes, but these razors are generally, if not always, smaller in width towards the tang,
so, a 7/8' razors from 1780 is just 7/8' at its widest area, that's all ;)

Tze "Dip-at-toe" ;)

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Who started the practice and why is unknown, but it can be used for determine the age of the razor
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Indeed, probably around the passing of John Fox around 1793
Meaning to make an article of them for a while ow, but didn't find the time yet...

Thanks!

Actually, a Samuel Norris (1745 - 1817), his parents were Matthew Norris and Catherine Fox.

Catherine Fox was the sister of John Fox, Sheffield, razor-maker (1714 - 1793)
John Fox was one of...

Nice! Thanks!

The second one is a George Revil https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/revill-george/

Well done!

Good stuff! Amazing!

All this information really gives it a boast!

Proud it is collected here, Thank you so much, All of you!

Indeed she is!

That is suddenly very clear, now just finding the connection between him and Bradshaw and how this mark ended up with the Linleey's

Djeez! I need a week to read this alone!

Amazing you guys! Putting a smile on my face!

Excuse me if I write something useless because I haven't read everything yet but I would also place this...

Thanks! That could very well be! Interesting!

This is amazing!

I will take time to study, it looks very promosing!
Thank you very much for this!

May I use this together with your references for my articles?

Beautiful! Thanks!

Not a stupid question at all! In the beginning, when I first saw those ancient razors, I thought the same!
But it is indeed mostly hone wear, or regrinding as "ScienceGuy" explained ;)

The story continues here:

https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/2017/06/01/dip-at-toe-stubtails-18th-century-2/,

were more examples are shown ;)

No problem at all!
Thank YOU!

Nice pieces indeed, and very end 18th C., but I seem to miss the distinctive feature of a "Dip-at-toe", which is:

the (more or less) hollowing at the very end of the blade, at the toe / tip, and...