Took me years but I found one....
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Took me years but I found one....
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Wow.! That's a massive wedge. How much does it weigh.. 10, 12 oz.
Very impressive..[emoji106]
Ha....now that I have one of.....:D
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Alright...Phranky's getting a little nervous? Do you really have a trade agreement with some underground Trolls mining and grinding these things?
Looks like it was worth the wait. You found a really fine specimen.
Yes, they're tiny and ruthlessQuote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
Here's mine all cleaned up in a SOTD, they are stellar razors...what's the age on these one's again, aren't they around 1810-30 range? No Sheffield stamp...
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1840s I think? These are kinda muddled afaik
I always thought much earlier due to the tang stamps...much earlier version of the W&B's...and of course not Birmingham steel, an old myth....I'll have to look up one of Zak's or ScienceGuys posts....Quote:
Originally Posted by kcb5150
They may well be.
WOW! Another sweet W&B congrats!
That's a fine example. I've always got an eye out for one of those.
I hate you. You found not only one, but two dream razors in a matter of a day? I'm waiting for the day I find an anchor razor, whether it be a wade or a George Brittain, or both! Congrats on your score. I'm not sure if I'm happy for you or angry that you decided to show both in the same day!!! Lol
Are there more buffalo hunts on here? I never even knew that existed. Granted, I key on Rodgers more, but after that dutch rattler I decided it was time to branch out. Every time I ever tried to get an anchor anything I got my *** handed to me in open listing and never ever seen in wild generally.
Here's a weird one, fairly certain it's one of those knock-off's that J.Barber mentions in some of his early advertisements.Quote:
Originally Posted by prodigy
It's cast steel, and has a "fouled" Anchor on it.
I.Barber:
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Stir the pot Phrank, stir the pot! Come on guys, save some monster wedges for the rest of us peasants!Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
My goal is an original grind from every major maker. Not holding my breath for an elliot though. Ppl who collect je seem insane
My I barber is a really wonderful razor
As in huge 8/8 or 9/8? Otherwise I don't think that's a hard task to accomplish?Quote:
Originally Posted by kcb5150
No like 8/8 plus, preferably trampling it by quite a bit. I am up to like 11 or 12 now
That's what my assumption was, but just wanted to be clear. I started down that road, but in recent years the prices have skyrocketed and I decided to part with most of my monsters. It's a vicious circle, I wish I still had them, but all the other toys I have now because of them make me just as happy.Quote:
Originally Posted by kcb5150
I pick my spots very carefully. Only one that was a fortune was my dutch rattler. There was no avoiding it with that.
Greaves, elliot, savage (more of a back burner), marshes (magnum bonum most likely), tally ho, gb.... That is off the top of my head. Frederick reynolds as well i guess but I don't like their razors much so the price would have to be right
I do have an 8/8 elliot patent frameback as a stopgap
Unreal! Thanks for posting. That right there might be my unicorn razor.
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Here's a 9/8 Freddy Reynold, The Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor, For Barbers Use, only other maker I've seen at least, with this exact etch on the blade. It's acid etched rather than stamped, it's faded, but you can still see it (barely).Quote:
Originally Posted by kcb5150
Here's a pic of it before the restore, only one I can find:
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They crawled out of the earth and found me something else on saturday. It just cost me boiled sweets, a bag of nails and a case of chicken stock.... 17/16 Wade And Butcher Magnum Bonum http://i433.photobucket.com/albums/q...psrzdxbxj9.jpghttp://i433.photobucket.com/albums/q...pszsapyuwa.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
This Rodgers Frameback has been one of my favourites....thought the belly on the tang would be a problem, but it turns out, pinched between the thumb and first finger, is actually superb for grip while shaving.Quote:
Originally Posted by kcb5150
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Love to see a pic of the Elliot Frameback....
It's a really great razor. I have been meaning to get it going again. I need to hone around a pit. It's a real daily driver sort of big razor. It has all the stiffness and the smooth steel from a sheffield wedge, plus the height that I find makes it easy to maintain angles, yet it's light for a razor with these properties. And it gives up a beautiful bevel. I quite like these sort of framebacks, some other types always seem to have very strange geometry.Attachment 252476Attachment 252477Attachment 252478Attachment 252479
Nice score! I always wanted a GB but could never win one. Maybe one of these days in the wild.
I have one or two I. Barber razors & there is a listing for I & J Barber (Isaac Barber & James Barber). I want to think this is where they may have originated. The founder was Isaac Barber in 1802 & had previously been apprenticed to a Kimberworth knife maker Andrew Skinner. He was granted his Freedom in 1811. The firm was listed in 1822 as a pen knife maker. When 1845 came along, the brothers were making spring knives & by the mid century their trademark was "ERA" but in my Tweedale's Directory, it says they used the trademark "James Barber" mostly on razors. Isaac died in 1854 & James died in 1859 & the firm was continued by James wife Harriet but after 1881 the business was passed down to her son Edward Barber but he passed away at the age of 37 in 1885. His widow, Mary Ann then took it over & in 1893 she took a man to court by the name of Manico for using the "Edward Barber" name. Come 1900 the firm I & J Barber was at Era Works in Wheeldon Street, Red Hill. Mary Ann passed away at age 50 in 1901 & left a nice fortune along with passing the firm to her son James. Before 1911, the Barber name/mark passed to Thomas Ellin in Sylvester Street. Barber's was listed in Sylvester Street as a part of Joseph Elliot until the 1970's
This firm passed through many hands during its history. It is still interesting to know whether the razors with I. Barber are in fact real. I think I might even have one that says J. Barber.
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I think the one I have is similar to that but I don't think it says Fertile on it. I'll have to look for mine. Now with that added to it makes me think it is authentic but if it weren't, it would just be a way to throw people off. Yours & even mine appear to be of good quality. Is that another hole in the tail?Quote:
Originally Posted by kcb5150
Yes. It was a stubtail and someone drilled a second pivot hole so it seated in mid 19thc scales and had more tail. Mine is an I though. The tang is really crisp. It takes an amazing edge
I dug it out of the pile to show something cool. The only thing I had to do with it was tweak the steel a bit around the shoulder so the heel would sit on the stone well. It has a wild modification to the blade. Whoever owned it hashed out exactly how much material needed to be scooped from each face to make it behave like a more hollow ground blade and give an incredibly neat bevel, yet it retains full wedginess. The channels are like very shallow comet tails. I purposely never cleaned up the surfaces because the whole compensated hollowing blows me away. Crazy thing was they got that so right and left a bit too much meat at the shoulder...Attachment 252759Attachment 252760Attachment 252761
Finally got around to that magnum bonum butcher. Used a mix of chemicals, 1k and finer wet dry and a fiberglass pen. Saved the whole etch but the rot got the M long ago. 9/10 of a rare butcher etch trumps some stupid regrind all day any day so I am happy. Scales were just patched up as I think they are not original at all. Will source some big real ones from the era that have some patina to match.
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My start point
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More pre any work..
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