Thread: 11/8 ROME stubtail

Now that is an impressive razor. Thanks for sharing it with some history.

Originally Posted by dimab

So you are the one who overbid me... I was hoping it was someone from the forum, and at least it was now in good hands
Absolutely awesome razor!

I was also hoping it would go to SRP if I didn't get it. Double-edged sword, that there are a lot of ebay hawks around here

That is a beast of a razor. The gentleman who originally used it must have been a giant.

Congratulations on a one of a kind acquisition.

Never saw a listing for anything like that. That is a lot of steel. And those collars are really nice too.

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

I was also hoping it would go to SRP if I didn't get it. Double-edged sword, that there are a lot of ebay hawks around here

Yeah... sorry for bumping the price for you, but if you ever want to let it go - keep me in mind

I wonder if it was used by the Pope of the era?

Damn boy! That's a whole lot of razor. You could probably recoup your money in scrap metal fee with that jumbo-sized thing.

Where am I when these things are on sale?

Originally Posted by DZEC

That is a beast of a razor. The gentleman who originally used it must have been a giant.

Congratulations on a one of a kind acquisition.

Yup that belonged to André

Not used to seeing anything at that age that even approaches that size. Very interesting, thank you sharing.

I can pretty easily talk myself into believing that a certain class of these Brobdingnagian razors were, in fact, made for custom for very tall men.

But there's also the tradition of calling extra large razors 'Dutch' something or other... So it may have just been a style thing.

That said, the stamp in the middle of the blade on this one makes me think it's earlier than later.