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Oh, I don't mean to be combative, just trying to make sense of things is all.

After talking to the restorer I plan to use, I think I will move forward with a restoration. It's going to take a...

I still think the tree looks closer to the earlier version, especially if you look at the little branch at the bottom of the right hand side. There's no "Tree Brand" written on it. I tried to get in...

According to an index on this website, it dates it at 1884:
Böker, H & Co "Bicycle Race" 7/8 - Straight Razor Place Library

Oh yeah, profusely. They were ready to hand it to me immediately, but I told her and her husband to think about it, given its age and potential value. Couldn't ask for better in-laws!

That's kind of part of this whole information-finding mission, too. With that etching, I don't know if regular stropping, etc., will degrade the image on the blade.

I've been in contact with the...

Full disclosure: I've posted something similar on another forum. I'm just trying to get a good feel on opinions before I make a decision of my own.

Good afternoon, gentlemen!

My mother-in-law found this really cool H. Boker & Co. razor with a bicycle race etching on the blade. After insisting several times she think about it first, she...