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    The legal wrangling between Wosty and Johnson/Lambert over their respective trademarks is pretty interesting stuff. Things weren't so different back then from how they are now: the lawyers won in the end!

    But I'm curious about my razor's age, and it seems that about all I can say with certainty is that it was made prior to 1904, when Johnson & Co disappeared. And although the company was making razors as early as 1822, this razor clearly isn't THAT old. So, is late 19th to early 20th centuries a reasonable guesstimate?
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    If we assume that the box is native. The razor was made after 1891.
    And it looks like that period. IMO.
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