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Thread: Fresh from the farm(literally)
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08-06-2012, 06:40 PM #1
Fresh from the farm(literally)
Stopped at a barn sale today and walked away with three straights and a barbers hone. The barbers hone is a Boss Barber that should clean up well afer some lapping. It looks a lot worse in the pic than it actually is. The sraights, from top to bottom, are a 11/16 Geneva Cutlery, a 5/8 Mag-Nam(which I think is made by Union Cutlery) and a little 4/8 Engels extra hollow. I haven't cleaned any of the razors yet, but I don't forsee any major problems, though the Mag-Nam may need a little more work due to a spot of rust near the edge towards the heel.
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08-06-2012, 06:45 PM #2
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Thanked: 334Pretty good score, buddy!
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Theseus (08-06-2012)
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08-06-2012, 06:47 PM #3
Awesome man!!!!
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Theseus (08-06-2012)
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08-06-2012, 06:48 PM #4
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Thanked: 334How does the backside of the hone look?
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08-06-2012, 06:49 PM #5
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08-06-2012, 06:53 PM #6
Very nice find. It looks like everything you scored will find a new life.
Bob
"God is a Havana smoker. I have seen his gray clouds" Gainsburg
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Theseus (08-06-2012)
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08-06-2012, 08:35 PM #7
Started cleaning the razors and found something really cool on the back side of the tang on the Mag-Nam. Under the rust I found the remains of the back tang stamp. It says "Cooper & Totten Barbers Supply, Cambridge Ohio". What makes this interesting, to me at least, is that Cambridge is only about 20 miles east of where I live. Makes me wonder who owned it originally since it is still close to home.
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08-06-2012, 08:47 PM #8
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Theseus (08-06-2012)
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08-06-2012, 08:56 PM #9
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08-06-2012, 09:01 PM #10
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Thanked: 146Sweet score Theseus! I found a razor at the antique store about a month ago that had Elyria Hardware Co. on the tang and M.I Germany on the opposite. My mom remembered where that place was. We grew up about 8 miles from there.
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