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Legion, are you sure they both show the same stamp ?

To my humble eyes, ScienGuy's one wears a crown whereas yours definitely shows an ermine.

Yes, IMHO, not earlier than 1810. Voidmonster wrote something you definitely have to read about Wade. I just can't find dit right now... :(

Beautiful blade ! Too bad the scales are broken... :(

My only gripe is that it doesn't belong to the right club :)

The Stub-Tailed Shavers

I've been doing my homework this weekend :)

I used some WD40, a cheap soft steel knife, some clay soap and lots of elbow grease...

The rust came out nicely and the blade is in pretty good shape...

Thank you Fikira for the time spent measuring. Yes you're right, I recognize some of your little gems. :)

This means there were no evident rules about size before 1800. Whereas after 1850, 95% of...

Thank you Fikira !

I read that post from Zak but totally forgot about it !

About edge length, may I ask those who own razors from that time if they meet mine ? I've got two razors little...

Martin (and others), would you consider the letter blocks an indication of the age ? The more primitive the older ? Or does it only reflect the quality of the stamps used ?

From the 1774 G&M, I thought Ann Rowland's trademark was "R Heart" and/or "AIN", therefore I discarded that possibility...

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Do you mean Gales and Martin could be wrong on that point ? Is...

Hi guys (and girls) !

I just recently acquired a rusty but kinda unused razor:
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I have to say that oldie is pretty big: 15/16 wide (not that uncommon), but the edge is 3' 11/32 long (8.5...