Thread: Greaves & Sons -- The Lexington razor.

Most likely, this razor was made around 1826. When I get home I plan to fix up the scales and clean the blade a little, but it'll otherwise remain as-is.




It doesn't look that much like an 1826 razor. The tail is awfully long and defined.

But the tang stamp...



That's actively old-fashioned, even in the 1820's (which was probably the point). Curiously, the two other examples I was able to find of this razor had completely different Greaves logos.



I'm a sucker for Greaves razors, and a sucker for old long-cut (shoulderless) blades, so I didn't really have a choice here.





I don't anticipate a lot of problems fixing the scales.

And while I'm not 100% sure about the date, I do know these guys got it wrong:


(This article ran in a several newspapers around Pennsylvania in June, 1876.)