Thread: I'd rather be lucky than good

Took the kid to school today and logged on to ebay when i got back. I saw this and bid before i looked at it close. I then went back and looked and if the photos aren't bad then i may have a pretty good razor. it has some dark spots but believe they will polish out without a whole lot of work. the scales look ok also. Maybe my luck will hold out on this one.

I've taken plenty of eBay gambles (one on the way as I speak) -- but that just looks like a winner. Really, howcan you go wrong with that?

I really dig the etching, the polished letters on the dark background. Nice score!

Looks really good from the pictures! When it comes in you need to take more pictures to show it off

I got it today and it cleaned up with almost no effort. The scales showed to be a little dry so I have it in neatsfoot oil now . It measured to be 13/16 with almost no hone wear. This may be one that I don't put to the hone and use. i'll post photos next time I set the light box up.

Just a quick question on this razor. Does anyone have a w a g on when it was made. I don't think it's 1900's but I may be wrong.

My wild guess would be 1860-1880. Just a guess, I'm not a razor historian by any stretch.
The @1870 date is based on your razor's similarity to W & Bs from that period I have seen on the Shivering Begar blog and the Acier Fondu blog.