Thread: 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.

Nice score for sure!!

Nice! Enjoy.

Those are bad to the bone ..... no pun intended...... really cool Greaves !

Great catch!!

congrats. "I AM GOOD AND WILL SHAVE WELL" What a great motto. I love the stubby tails.

wow those are all in really great shape for their age and being auction finds. Nice work

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

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

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.