Thread: Unknown Old Find

Here's one I got not long ago that is hard to make out the writing on the tang. My guess would be late 1700's, early 1800's. It has a very short tail. I could be wrong though.........

Nice old girl there Steve

The pressed horn scales on this razor looks absolutely amazing, the blade is quite worn but im pretty sure the tang stamp is "Angleterre", a french translation of England. Quite common during that period for English cutlers to use translation as a trademark.

Could the scales be boiled leather?

That looks like zak's area of expertise. I would shoot him a PM.

Pressed horn.

A magnificent razor, I wonder where you find all those good stuffs.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

That looks like zak's area of expertise. I would shoot him a PM.

Ed
I have a few books but I wish I had more. Martin has been quite helpful but I'll give it some time & Zak will most likely see this, if not I will pm him about it.
Thank you very much.

I scored another very old razor that has no tail. Under battery powered magnification, thanks to Hirlau & his Pro'sKit 22x LED Handheld Magnifier, it is hard to tell if it was made that way or not.

The scales look like a typical French shape from the early 1800s.

Very interesting scales. Thanks for sharing.