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Yes and here we sit using computers that require roughly 100 billion gates operating
at least billion times per second correctly for us to exchange emails, and that does not
count all the routers...

Just what was needed. I argued from finding woodworking tool prices that circa 1815
a standard razor would cost roughly 2s. Your quote of 3s6d from circa 1825 is in line
with that, adjusting for...

I was not able to find a circa 1815 price list for razors, but I did find one for
edged woodworking tools. The price of a craftsman's jack plane was 2s8d in 1816.
The bodies of planes then were...

Hey, thanks for the effort. It is hard to find out. We expect so much from the web,
but all the old records are on paper or microfilm and need to be scanned in and
have character recognition run...

Thanks and yes, I was loose with terminology.

Early engravings circa 1825 showing the Sheaf Works depict cementation furnaces with their
characteristic early shape. You can see at least 16 of...

Here is the John Barber pre-guild mark (compass and square) stub.
There is very little wear on the tang. It has dirty translucent scales that look like wood until backlit.
Sorry about delay, had...

Yes, that site does have some catalogue pages, thank you.

Those pages tell us what good razors went for post-1860, since the first mail-order catalogue in
Britain was 1861. In the US the 'Monkey...

Hi,

I own some usable Sheffield razors dating from roughly 1815-1825.
One of the things that interest me is how much they cost back then
(pounds, shillings and pence). I gleaned little...