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So, a little update:

The razor has made it's way across the pond, and as it turns out, is "Sunday" from a 7 day set! Plus, I'm not positive, but I think the scales may be ivory (any way to tell...

Yep. According to the reading I've been doing, James Read (incidentally, the uncle of Arthur Guinness) set up shop as a cutler in 1670, then passed the business on to his son John, who passed it on...

Found a bit more info on the origins of this razor...

http://www.olddublintown.com/thomas-reads-1670.html

So, I've been chasing a white whale for the last year.

I have a very strong Scotch-Irish ancestry, though predominately Irish. I have been searching for an Irish made straight razor, though since...