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03-06-2020, 10:29 PM #1Senior Member
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11/8 ROME stubtail
Couldn't pass this one up as a new collection centerpiece. It is marked ROME with a maltese cross, which I assume corresponds to Stephen Fox. Good information on this branch of cutlers from Fikira at https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/...norris-p-more/. I have no idea how to peg a date for this but it's 18th century for sure, I'll say mid-18th to be safe. This thing is absolutely massive sitting between 11/8 and 12/8. To highlight this, the last few pictures are next to a 17/16 Celebrated FBU for comparison. Still have a lot of open questions on this one.
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03-07-2020, 12:30 AM #2www.edge-dynamics.com
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Wonderful
Love it.It's just Sharpening, right?
Jerry...
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03-07-2020, 01:17 AM #4Senior Member
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Always a joy seeing such an old razor with scales also in good condition
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03-07-2020, 01:46 AM #5~ Life is but a Dream ~
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Wow...looks like it's eating the W&B for lunch.
Very cool... Congratulations!
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03-07-2020, 03:07 AM #6Senior Member
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That is the coolest razor I have seen for a very long time. Collection center piece is putting it lightly.
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03-07-2020, 03:27 PM #7Senior Member
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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.David
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Yup that belonged to André
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Not used to seeing anything at that age that even approaches that size. Very interesting, thank you sharing.
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03-11-2020, 11:58 PM #10Captain ARAD.
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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.-Zak Jarvis. Writer. Artist. Bon vivant.
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