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The other thing that Doyle mentioned in his book was no distinct transition from blade to tang in pre 1800 blades. As you noted, there are probably exceptions on both sides of that century mark,...

Lovely. Because the scales have the slight curve, assuming Robert Doyle's "Collecting Straight Razors" is correct, it would be very early 1800s. Gets my RAD boiling to see these stub tails posted....