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IIRC Zak said Robert Wade began making razors in the first decade of...

Good point ......... :tu

I don't know about rescaled but from that auction photo you posted in the Workshop, now that Science Guy pointed out the monkey tail looks altered, I'd say he has a really good eye. It looks like it...

Those that have no distinct transition between cutting edge and tang, a stub monkey tail, and straight (parallel) scales with no curve, are 1700s. The distinct transition of a tang to edge came in...

What I find most interesting is seeing the evolution and refinement of the blade. The development of a distinct tang and a shoulder began in the early 1800s. Many cut thumbs spurred those innovations...

Here is a post with photos of two that I have which I think are pre-1800 going by Robert Doyle's description of blades and scales in "Collecting Straight Razors". The Rodgers Cast Steel has been...