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03-29-2014, 11:18 PM #1Senior Member
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An interesting early American razor
I got this one in a rather nondescript ebay lot. The maker is Rawson & Nourse, from Grafton, Massachusetts. I haven't turned up much other than an article in Antiques from 1927, where this maker is described, saying the shape of the razor was 'amateurish'. The stamping, scale shape, and quality of the ivory seem to support this. By their guess it dates to the 1860s. I doubt I'll see another one.
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03-29-2014, 11:22 PM #2lobeless
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Very cool!!
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03-30-2014, 12:46 AM #3Senior Member
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you certainly find the cool and unusual. I guess t helps to know exactly what you are looking for and at!
It's not what you know, it's who you take fishing!
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03-30-2014, 01:14 AM #4Senior Member
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Great catch ! 'amateurish' ??? I bet every guy in that town had one. Very cool find. I too keep an eye out for the unusual but it seems they are always sittin' next to a 8/8 Greaves or something. Speaking of which, I have to go weight my penny jug.
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03-30-2014, 03:53 AM #5Senior Member
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Very sharp looking razor !!
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03-30-2014, 05:46 AM #6Captain ARAD.
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The Rawson of Rawson & Nourse was most likely Dr. Levi Rawson, of Grafton, MA.
That's kind of interesting because he was related to Edward Kirk Rawson, who would much later marry Robert Wade's daughter, Eleanor.
(That's Robert Wade Jr, the one who lived in America and acted as a business agent for Wade & Butcher, not the Robert Wade who co-founded the company with William and Samuel Butcher).-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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