Thread: Piper Exeter

take a look at my new blade!

Max scaled and restored it and even took the photo's i've attached.

its a Piper Exeter wedge with "no 3" engraved on the flat on the spine with a little scroll type engraving on each side of that.

I just finished my first shave with it and am thoroughly impressed with Max's work both scaling and sharpening. It gave one of those extremely close, no irritation shaves we dream of.

Thanks Max!!

Kirk

p.s. anybody know anything about this blade? I can't find a thing about it..

Wait, you must've gotten it from me! I don't think I was able to find anything on the maker, but they are some cool blades! I only have a bad photo of one of them, the worked spine is really nice.

Your threads tonight bring back all these memories - I should dig out some of these razors and shave them

Originally Posted by gugi

Wait, you must've gotten it from me! I don't think I was able to find anything on the maker, but they are some cool blades! I only have a bad photo of one of them, the worked spine is really nice.

Your threads tonight bring back all these memories - I should dig out some of these razors and shave them

I beleive i did,, I bought a Joseph Rodgers ivory from you and made an offer on the piper which you threw in very reasonably priced,,,back in the spring?

Max did a good job eh??

Kirk

Looks a little narrow. Is it a 4/8ths?

Indeed it was GG's. The width of the blade is 9/16. Here are a few before pics I found from Gugi.

By the way, i didn't ask what the scales are made of?

This one shaves as good as or better than the best in my meager collection. very close, no nicks or irritation, and just feels good in my hand..

Does anyone have an idea when it was made? (the blade that is)

Kirk

the original scales were ivory, don't want to speculate on what the ones from max are.
with that blade style i would imagine something around the second quarter of 18th century. It seems that the narrow blades with such points were popular in early 1800s but earlier tails are rather stubby.

I think also somewhere around the mid 1800's... scales are black paper micarta.

This is really part of the nostalgic mystique of straight razors... I didn't have any idea it could be 150 yrs old... and since restoration, may shave better than it did when it was new..(If the blades could only talk?)

thanks Max!

Kirk

Very unique razor, I like it alot.