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09-24-2014, 02:00 AM #1Captain ARAD.
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William Gilchrist: Brass frameback
I don't really think I could be happier with this one.
The first thing I noticed was that it's a William Gilchrist stamped brass-frameback razor with Joseph Elliot's corporate mark. I've seen a lot of Gilchrist razors, but none with Elliot's mark on them.
For a while, I thought that William & Samuel Butcher bought the cross & arrow mark from Gilchrist (as well as the bow mark), but now I'm not sure. Elliot most definitely didn't buy the mark from him!
What I couldn't really see until I had it in hand was that it'd only ever seen very minimal honing. There were sparse, light scratches on the lowest part of the spine and nothing else. No flattening at all.
The bevel, with one layer of tape (must protect that brass frame!), is about 0.25mm wide. I don't think it'd been honed since the 1850's. A few passes on my Shapton 1k, a little Frictionite 00, a CrOX stropping, and it shaved beautifully.
I've done relatively minor cleaning & polishing on this, but nothing major at all. You're seeing it in more or less the condition I got it in.
It was an open auction on eBay and no one else bid.-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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09-24-2014, 02:02 AM #2Senior Member
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Ahh I love encouraging your acquisition disorders.
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09-24-2014, 02:02 AM #3Senior Member
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What a find! It's beautiful.
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09-24-2014, 02:38 AM #4
That is a HANDSOME razor right there!
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09-24-2014, 02:45 AM #5Razor Vulture
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What HE said! ^ !! Always looking for a Gilchrist! Nice work!
sooooo, Zak. Is this gonna be a keeper?
Last edited by sharptonn; 09-24-2014 at 02:47 AM.
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I rest my case.
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09-24-2014, 02:58 AM #6Captain ARAD.
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If I got rid of it, my other two Gilchrist razors would cut my throat in the night.
Originally Posted by sharptonn
What HE said! ^ !! Always looking for a Gilchrist! Nice work!
sooooo, Zak. Is this gonna be a keeper?
-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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09-24-2014, 09:15 PM #7
RAD is a beautiful thing!
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09-24-2014, 09:31 PM #8Historically Inquisitive
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Splendid! very unusual, the condition looks very good, definately hasnt seen to many hones for sure the brass frameback looks original, great catch!
Last edited by Martin103; 09-24-2014 at 09:37 PM.
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09-24-2014, 10:49 PM #9Senior Member
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Awesome! There should be a Gilchrist club to show them all off.
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09-29-2014, 04:43 PM #10Senior Member
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I just had the opportunity to hold this razor and look at it up close and personal. What an incredible razor! Looks like it was vacuum sealed 150 years ago...absolutely MINT!
Great score Zak!Voidmonster and Martin103 like this.Lupus Cohors - Appellant Mors !
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