Thread: George Brittain "Acier Fondu" Razor

Originally Posted by Phrank

1830's to late as in you think the razor is dated earlier? The Acier Fondu stamp and the almost stub tail looks earlier to me, almost a transition razor....

1830's is too young for me.

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

1830's is too young for me.

LOL - so my hope's for a 18th blade are dashed...with that tail, figured it looked a bit later...been looking at this site, some fascinating stuff:

https://acierfondu.wordpress.com/mak.../early-razors/

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

1830's is too young for me.

It just arrived, it's a stub tail, definitely very early 1800's....

Later than 1830's, no way, you've been staring into the Void too long.....

Do you have more pictures of it? The one from the original post looks maximum 1820s to me, more toward the younger.

Have terrible photo conditions, have to get that little light box set up...here's a shot of the tang area: