Greaves and Bourbon, I love you Kentucky!

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04-21-2014, 04:46 AM
TwistedOak

Greaves and Bourbon, I love you Kentucky!

Wife and I took a trip down to Kentucky for a long weekend. As always, I managed to convince her to let me browse some antique malls in between our planned distillery tours...
Somehow I missed this monstrosity of homemade wooden scales and Sheffield steel on first glance through a display case. The pricing was done by some strange code, so you had to decipher the amount based on letters. The woman explained the amount was $25, minus 5 dollars... I was so surprised that I didn't even try to haggle over the price.

Pretty much 7/8th across the entire blade, the hone wear looks nice and even, just a couple very minor nicks to take out of the edge. Finally get to add a Greaves & Sons to my collection, not to mention it's a FBU:
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And the other goodies I got to bring back with me... a bottle of Willett and Wathen's.
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04-21-2014, 04:58 AM
AntiqueHoosier

You found a nice relic there in one of my favorite states
04-21-2014, 06:01 AM
10Pups

Make me want to fly to Kentucky and get drunk ,,,look around :<0)
04-21-2014, 06:23 AM
RezDog

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Originally Posted by 10Pups

Make me want to fly to Kentucky and get drunk ,,,look around :<0)

Remember what happened the last time?
04-21-2014, 12:06 PM
Gonzo4str8rzrs

You got that one before Dennis Could, Looks great and look forward to seeing your skills applied on it.
04-21-2014, 06:14 PM
DennisBarberShop

Oh man....a greaves I missed?!?!
04-21-2014, 10:44 PM
TwistedOak

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Originally Posted by DennisBarberShop

Oh man....a greaves I missed?!?!

It was at Joe Ley Antiques in downtown Louisville.
04-21-2014, 10:46 PM
DennisBarberShop

Ah haven't hit any Louisville shops, no wonder!
04-21-2014, 10:54 PM
Walterbowens

Nice find !!!! :rock:
04-21-2014, 11:15 PM
sharptonn

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Nice, but do it say Kentucky on the blade? ;)

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04-21-2014, 11:16 PM
DennisBarberShop

Oh man, I want that kentucky blade....thats sweet!
04-22-2014, 12:34 AM
TwistedOak

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Originally Posted by sharptonn

Nice, but do it say Kentucky on the blade? ;)

Ha! unfortunately no etch to be found... and the scales (if you want to call them that) are no where near the quality you have there!

I was thinking of taking them apart, cutting into two pieces, thinning, smoothing, and repinning them. I'm not sure if that wood is worthy of this chunk of steel though.
04-22-2014, 12:42 AM
sharptonn

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A lot to be said for the history behind old scales like that! I did it to an old Greaves 'Philadelphia' razor once with long-grained hickory scales.
Unpinned, sanded and smoothed a bit, some Minwax polyurethane stain, right back together with some old iron collars from another old razor!
Made it a gift to a buddy in Philly!
04-22-2014, 01:17 AM
Mcbladescar

I Love Kentucky!
Got a sister in Mt. Sterling.
Never see antique stores down there though :shrug:
Maybe next time when I hit the Bourbon Trail again!
Nice Grab there with that Greaves.
Congrats!
Mike
04-22-2014, 01:26 AM
sharptonn

A Thought. That razor would be great to do a "museum' resto on. The top collars and cuts are sweet. Scrub lightly with mild detergent. Dry fully, whatever on the blade, some tung oil on the scales. Lightly. Pound the top tight and hone it up!
THAT would be neat! :cool:
04-22-2014, 03:12 AM
DennisBarberShop

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Reminds me of my F. Fenney Tally Ho...no way I'd ever rescale it....they did a fine job rescaling it probably 100 years ago....with built in wedge at that.

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