Thread: ScienceGuy's Collection

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

After quite a few bucks down the big hole in better days, I found harvesting the photo is as good , for me, as being temporary custodian of the object. None of us are taking any of "our collection" with us when we go.

Absolutely agreed. Just the chance to handle some of these things, then pass them on, is great.

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

Absolutely agreed. Just the chance to handle some of these things, then pass them on, is great.

Great collection you have there, if I was going to be 'temporary custodian' of a collection, besides my own, I'd sure love it to be yours !

I missed this thread.

Great collection ScienceGuy ! Mes compliments !

I really enjoyed to watch.

My special options would be for the wonderful Greaved with engraved spine, the Elliot engraved Frameback, the Rayson Warranted, and the tortoise ones

whoohoo, what a bunch of blades. Congrats.

Some more items of interest, some French blades here.

Unknown, in tortoise and silver collars:





Another I can't read due to regrind, older, but also in tortoise:







And finally, Saltier A Saintes. The other razor in the picture is Sheffield and a rare one, from Benjamin Withers and Co, trademark "ESPAGNE":

WOW you have some real BEAUTIES there!
I am jealous!!!

Some contract blades here.

First, Wade and Butcher, manufactured for Gordon & Wellington, Boston. Complete with faux asian characters:





Two here, the first manufactured for John Shepherd (unsure if this is the more familiar Shepherd), and the second manufactured by Joseph Rodgers for W.W. Messer & Co, Boston. This one appears to be intentionally blued.

I'm sure you've been asked this before Science Guy, but where the heck do you find these stunning pieces of history? Obviously not E-Bay!! I mean, it's one thing to have the blades from the 1800's and 1900's, but a lot of your blades are headed back into the French Revolution and before? I'm guessing many, if not the majority, you collect and possibly display, are there any of these that you actually use....sheesh...I would think it would be potentially damaging to just hone them, let alone shave with them?

Absolutely stunning...love seeing your collections!!

Thanks!

And finally, a couple more for tonight. First up, a bit Sweeny-ish, made by T. Barrett of 144 Fleet Street:



Ashton Jackson & Co's Unique and Inimitable American Razor, stamped on the blade Universally Approved Best Cast Steel. A bit of a mouthful for one razor.



Already posted to SRP, but a Cossack-themed pressed horn Razor from John Shepherd (WOLF), possibly from the era of the 1812 war (thanks Charlie for that).

Originally Posted by Phrank

I'm sure you've been asked this before Science Guy, but where the heck do you find these stunning pieces of history? Obviously not E-Bay!! I mean, it's one thing to have the blades from the 1800's and 1900's, but a lot of your blades are headed back into the French Revolution and before? I'm guessing many, if not the majority, you collect and possibly display, are there any of these that you actually use....sheesh...I would think it would be potentially damaging to just hone them, let alone shave with them?

Absolutely stunning...love seeing your collections!!

Thanks!

Thanks Phrank. I strive to make my entire collection shave-ready, but it takes a lot of effort and is sometimes a stretch for some of the older or poorly-ground blades. But I would say I have shaved with at least 60% of my collection. And actually, the vast majority of my razors come from ebay. It's pretty hard to find the really old ones antiquing, but I do get lucky once in a while. Ebay has a nice diversity of things, but of course the tradeoff is typically higher prices.