Thread: You know you like American steel..

Found in this condition in the wild yesterday -- Robeson "Rochester Trade Mark" with aluminum scales.


I think it was pretty much top o the line for Robeson in the 1890's. Looks even nicer in person.

Nice find, I like that razor!!

Wow. I like it.
Looks like it was well taken care of.

Wow, gorgeous blade, very unique! What does the aluminium feel like in hand - not too light?

Very very nice dude I like the blade.

I like it alot. I recently removed some plain aluminum scales and was surprised to find that they were quite soft. I was tempted to carve some sort of design into them. Are those soft?

In that time period Aluminum was considered a precious metal.

In 1852 one Kilogram was $1200.
A french chemist, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, found a new way to extract the metal and the price dropped to $40 for one kilogram.
Then on April 2, 1889, Charles Martin Hall patented an inexpensive method for the production of aluminum, which brought the metal into wide commercial use. By 1914, Charles Martin Hall had brought the cost of aluminum down to 18 cents a pound and it was no longer considered a precious metal.

I forgot about that one. Love the blade.

The aluminum is very thin (concave on the inside of the scales) and light...good balance. A pair I own...