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We have all seen For Barbers Use blades, and even a few For Barbers Only, but have you ever seen a razor Expressly For Barbers?
May I present the only Butlers Expressly for Barbers I have ever seen!
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Now who sees what I see that makes this really unique?
As a guess I'd say the etching is usually on the other side of the blade. Nice size, BTW.
Damn... It's a salad of weird design cues. Unusual toe profile, reverse stamp and etch, it's a hollow ground, but the stabilizer is ground nice and out of the way for a change. I have a wedge butcher with that toe profile.
Since its stamped on the other side does it make it a left handed razor?Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
Lets see the other side!
Heh, You got it Martin, the other side coming right up, and for the record, shes a solid 1" wide =)
Shes Ambidextrous!Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin103
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Nice!
Mike
Interesting. That one is weird. It makes me think that razors with an etching only on one side was supposed to be used with only one hand so you could see the etching in the mirror while shaving both sides of the face and that one was made to be used with both hands. Maybe since barbers mainly used only one hand the other razors were meant for them and this one for personal use, but the expressly for barbers is throwing me for loop. Nice find either way.
Very unusual, thanks for the pic, very cool razor!Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
My very first razor was a Butlers Keen back in 86. When I bought this one, I swore it would be my last. That was 2 years ago. You can guess how failed THAT resolution was. I really want to send it out to Undream for a proper restore, but I am thinking I cant wait, and want to shave with it soon.
Ain't gonna wear that one out in a lifetime of shaves ! Awesome.
Now the question is, does anybody have any info on this puppy? date wise. Its sporting a variety of the Butler Trade Marks, so perhaps one of you genius googlers can figure something out?
Well the " Art" trademark was registered in 1861. The Keys trademark was in 1882. I think i see "England" under Sheffield so that would make it post 1891.
I have a Harmonie? Clus razor with MADE SPECIALLY FOR BABERS USE on it close but no cigar
That's a very unique razor! It looks like a slight French point on the toe. It says England under Sheffield so Martin is right, post 1891 but it is the only one like that I've ever seen, like Tom's "General". It almost looks like horn scales too which most post 1891 weren't horn. Many post 1891 Butler's have the bakelite scales. I could be wrong about this one though. I think I'm thinking of Butcher!
Scales are most definitely horn, and yes, it is a French tip. For its size and configuration its the most hollow I have seen without becoming a modern hollow grind. Trademarks on the blade include the "Art" the "Loves Labors Lost" and the "Keen-O" Its like they decided to stick every company ID they had on a single razor!
Certainly big enough to have them all LOL
Here's an 'Expressly for Barbers Use'. I've seen a couple of them, this one by David Miller (interestingly I saw two other D. Millers go through ebay recently).
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If the etching was supposed to be seen in the mirror wouldn't all of the text be written backwards?Quote:
Originally Posted by JSmith1983
Is there a time period on those razors? Now I'm curious if phrasing was a chronological thing. Somewhere around a certain time period it became more popular to use one word over another?
For the Miller razor, Tweedale's lists him as being at Fargate between 1833 and 1849, with his son joining as the Eldon works was established in 1852, so I think this razor would fall in the 1830s-40s.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magpie
