Local Auction Score - Greaves and Marshes and Shepherd

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05-31-2012, 12:59 PM
ScienceGuy

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Local Auction Score - Greaves and Marshes and Shepherd

Finally had a nice little score at our local auction. I was poking around in the display cases when I saw these, and got them at a great price. These pictures are after some minor cleaning. Two W. Greaves and Sons and a Marshes and Shepherd with a thumb notch. Been after all of these for a while. Best of all, none have any damage blade wise and should hone up easily. The two Greaves razors have some wedge end cracking on the scales but I think I've stabilized it for now.

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05-31-2012, 01:04 PM
Martin103

Nice score for sure!!
05-31-2012, 02:06 PM
Cove5440

Nice! Enjoy.
05-31-2012, 02:17 PM
JimmyHAD

Those are bad to the bone ..... no pun intended...... really cool Greaves !
05-31-2012, 09:33 PM
Wullie

Great catch!!
06-02-2012, 02:13 AM
cheetahmeatpheonix

congrats. "I AM GOOD AND WILL SHAVE WELL" What a great motto. I love the stubby tails.
06-02-2012, 03:00 AM
TwistedOak

wow those are all in really great shape for their age and being auction finds. Nice work
06-06-2012, 10:00 PM
ScienceGuy

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Just finished up a light ground-up restore of the middle Greaves. After some sanding and polishing, here it is:

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06-07-2012, 08:21 AM
Voidmonster

I hope you can feel the envy rays over that Marshes & Shepherd. The late WR blades give me a serious case of lust. It's also neat to see a Greaves with the 'I AM GOOD AND WILL SHAVE WELL' stamp
06-07-2012, 04:16 PM
ScienceGuy

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Originally Posted by Voidmonster

I hope you can feel the envy rays over that Marshes & Shepherd. The late WR blades give me a serious case of lust.

At first I thought it was a VR stamp that had been doubled, but looking at it closer you're totally right, it is a WR. Here's some more pictures of the final products. Everything got unpinned, sanded / oiled and polished and put back together.

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06-07-2012, 04:18 PM
M1ke

Digging it! Grats!
06-07-2012, 04:26 PM
Voidmonster

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Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

At first I thought it was a VR stamp that had been doubled, but looking at it closer you're totally right, it is a WR. Here's some more pictures of the final products. Everything got unpinned, sanded / oiled and polished and put back together.

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Oh, those're gorgeous. I have yet to snag a early 19th blade with the arris profile spine. It looks stunning. And the translucent horn on the Greaves. Wow, what a batch!