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02-23-2010, 02:39 AM
Thread: Old J.R. Torrey find
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Just thinking Pete, if you were to post a photo...
Just thinking Pete, if you were to post a photo of it in the Stub Tailed Razor Club here it would be appreciated. Also in the SRP Wiki Razor database here. That way the next fellow who finds a Shaw...
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02-22-2010, 03:25 AM
Thread: Old J.R. Torrey find
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Pete. it is hard to say without a closer look but...
Pete. it is hard to say without a closer look but it might hone up and shave fine. A lot of black corrosion around the edge and I'm not sure how much blade is gone but you might luck out and have a...
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02-22-2010, 03:14 AM
Thread: Old J.R. Torrey find
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Just took a look in the Doyle book and going by...
Just took a look in the Doyle book and going by his info that razor would date to around 1800. I have a late 1700s Roger's Cast Steel that I have shaved with. You can see it in the stub tailed...
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02-22-2010, 03:01 AM
Thread: Old J.R. Torrey find
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Yeah, that is an oldie. In Collecting Straight...
Yeah, that is an oldie. In Collecting Straight Razors by Robert Doyle he mentions the transition from straight scales like those to gradual curved scales in the early 1800s. That is a stub tail as...
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