Thread: Joseph Elliot Masonic Cut Throat Razor

Originally Posted by epd

I don't know if this is the same seller that redid an etch in gold on another recent razor, but the etching looks to be on top of the hone wear.
I saw it and decided it looked to be too good to be true.

I hope I am wrong but there seems to be a lot of "masonic" razors on the bay these days.

Eric

Biggest part of them are new production from the Pacific rim and mostly suitable for opening letters. However, the occasional oldy shows up and Cheeta runs the price up so high nobody can buy it but him

Originally Posted by epd

I don't know if this is the same seller that redid an etch in gold on another recent razor, but the etching looks to be on top of the hone wear.
I saw it and decided it looked to be too good to be true.

I hope I am wrong but there seems to be a lot of "masonic" razors on the bay these days.

Eric

Funny that you mention that because, when you look at the blade the etching looks perfect and the blade part almost mirror finish, but the tang looks untouched with quite a bit of patina like maybe perhaps somebody buffed the blade only and added an etching?

Holy crap that one's gorgeous!!

Originally Posted by Wullie

Biggest part of them are new production from the Pacific rim and mostly suitable for opening letters. However, the occasional oldy shows up and Cheeta runs the price up so high nobody can buy it but him

The new ones are easy to spot, and are almost always listed as "new" condition.
There is another "vintage" one on the bay now with 16 ish bids....
Eric

There are in fact a huge number of "masonic" razors on the bay. But these are almost all modern stuff with no relationship to a vintage blade.
It may be that there is somebody etching old blades with a new etch, but at least they are using vintage quality. Worse case is that they have been overheated while buffing them up for the new etch, best case is you have a vintage blade that looks like new, and will give you great shaves for another 100 years or so.

Where do you get the money to purchase such amazing items

Originally Posted by Tylerbrycen

Where do you get the money to purchase such amazing items

That young man is SINGLE and has a good job.

Originally Posted by Wullie

That young man is SINGLE and has a good job.

I think I should tell my wife that I wanna be single for a week to see what kind of blades I can get hahahah

I think if you say you want to be single for a week you will end up single ALOT longer.

Very nice razor. I got the same one only without the etching. Restoring it as we speak Looking great indeed