Thread: Antique furniture store find! Monster

Well, I went with my brother-in-law today to look for a set of 4 kitchen chairs. We went to a town about twenty miles away and arrived at an antique furniture place. We went in and to my surprise there were other antiques besides furniture. While I was standing watching him take pics and send them to his wife, I saw what appeared to be a straight razor and mentioned it to him. He said oh yes, I wanted to show you this. There in the corner was a dusty glass case with a few straights in it. As I was looking at them he says laughingly, how about this one. My eyes bulged and I said yes. Here is what he held up.



A Monster Chopper 10/8 Iron Cross-GB-Anchor

Good God!!! What in the blue hell did they shave with that?!?!?

Hope the steel holds out for you! looks like you may loose an eighth + in honing. Nice find though

CRIKEYS! Once you lose the nick it's still gonna be one heck of a huge blade! You did get it I presume?

Yup, there are a few of those floating around out there. I have one too. I love the tiny scales on such a massive blade.

A huge congrats on the find; I always hope I'll come upon another one.

Yes, It seams the scales were the same size as a 7/8 Wade and Butcher I have. Did you restore it? I would love to see a pic.

Oh man i hate you. I never find anything like that at the antique stores. She will be sweet restored. Enjoy her. She is worth a proper restore.

I have one of those monster GB razors. It's the biggest one I've seen on the boards.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...5-16-wide.html

Wow thats a beast shame about the chip lets hope it turns out nice, looking forward to the after pictures not seen that makers mark before do you know any of the history

Originally Posted by Tsunami

Good God!!! What in the blue hell did they shave with that?!?!?

Zombies. I'm almost sure it was zombies. Or horses, I hear that back in the day a shaved horse was like a sports car today... The ladies loved it!


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