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There are a couple of things that make me relatively certain it isn't rescaled. For one, the pins match, and in my experience, the vast majority of early rescalers didn't worry about changing the...

Gotcha. I suspected all along my own poor reading skills were at fault for my confusion.



Lol - I can't wait to hear about the ivory scrounging children.




And double lol for the pun!...

So he was a mason before he became a cutler? Seems odd. Or am I misunderstanding?

That's a great offer. But man, it would break my heart if I dropped it and broke it. When it comes to the rarer stuff, I lean toward preservation and conservation rather than shaving. :beer1:

This seems to be the most likely lead, by far and away. At the very least we've got a knifemaker in the right time frame. Thanks for digging this up!



Well, I think it's a little more helpful...

Bring on the confusion! The vague and shadowy possibilities of history beat knowing nothing any day. :)

Neil, I am constantly amazed at your facility with finding these old documents and your wealth of sources. :bow (You don't by chance happen to live in a library, do you?)

Well, I've got a full beard, so no shaving with it for me. Although, I know what you mean about the potential for the thumb slipping. You're a brave man for shaving with blades like that!


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Hi all,

I've got an old razor marked "Dicken," dating sometime around 1790-1810. Neither my books nor Google have been any help with this one. But despite knowing nothing about the maker, I'd be...