Thread: another oldie but goodie

well this one came in the mail today !! ive been selling off quantity and settling for quality lately (Scienceguys fault)
so here arrived a nice beautiful "HANCOCK", scales are mint with one tiny bug bite that you have to look for , no cracks , chips , or damage , blade will still almost take arm hair off but also has no dents or dings .. from the hone wear i think it was used not to many years ago by obviously someone who appreciates such an old razor without trying to put it above a fireplace ..

from what little search knowledge i have i noticed in our wiki Samuel Hancock = from 1830-? (off hand if i remember )
what i found on him actually only had Samuel as a penknife, table knife manufacturer and a grocer , but further searches i found this fella Joseph Hancock who in one of the early Sheffield online books as having specific a Razor manufacturer and was listed as a master cutler by (1761or 1764 , and in another article showed he was released from his apprenticeship around 1732 so may have been a master cutler closer to then but i have a hard time understanding most of what ive read )and innovator or had something to do with making/improving "cast steel"(articles were all over the place) in or around 1770 with Mr.Huntsman , and something else to do with "Sheffield Plating " so although i havnt or cant narrow anything down from my lack of knowledge and search skills i feel pretty safe in saying this wasnt made by Mr.Samuel Hancock as the shape and style look nothing like the traits of a 1830's era razor ...( my info i have posted was from about 2-3 nights of searching and no same night could i found the info i found the day before so excuse any mis info as ive been trying to remember what i saw as my computer skills are not letting me find the stuff i saved ..lol )

Another very nice old girl there

very nice,hope to have one like it for myself one day.

What an amazing piece of history there. Just awesome!

That is absolutely fabulous. Were someone to put that under my nose and ask me how old it is, my first guess would be 1800-1815 based on appearance alone.

I'd date that beauty in the 1780s-90s. No distinct transition from edge to tang, and a sure enough stub tail. Straight scales without the gentle curve that began into the turn of the 19th century.

She's a Bad mama jama