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This Rodgers Frameback has been one of my favourites....thought the belly on the tang would be a problem, but it turns out, pinched between the thumb and first finger, is actually superb for grip...

Here's a 9/8 Freddy Reynold, The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor, For Barbers Use, only other maker I've seen at least, with this exact etch on the blade. It's acid etched rather than stamped, it's...

Here's a weird one, fairly certain it's one of those knock-off's that J.Barber mentions in some of his early advertisements.

It's cast steel, and has a "fouled" Anchor on it.

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I always thought much earlier due to the tang stamps...much earlier version of the W&B's...and of course not Birmingham steel, an old myth....I'll have to look up one of Zak's or ScienceGuys posts....

Here's mine all cleaned up in a SOTD, they are stellar razors...what's the age on these one's again, aren't they around 1810-30 range? No Sheffield stamp...

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Ha....now that I have one of.....:D

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Alright...Phranky's getting a little nervous? Do you really have a trade agreement with some underground Trolls mining and grinding these things?