I hit an antique store and found 3 razors in good shape: a Torrey in original box that appears to be NOS for 12.50; a Colonial Tool Steel that also looks almost new also in original box for 12.50. The third one had a really large blade and pressed horn scales. It was in a really ratty box and the scales were pretty rough, but the blade was in great shape and it "whispered" to me. So I offered $12 for it and took it home. That one has no makers name that I can read, but it is stamped "cast steel warranted" and I can see half a crown with the letter "R". The blade is hollow ground but I don't know how much. Being new to this, I did some work online to try and ID the blade and, from what I am seeing, I think this was a blade made around 1825-1830 in Sheffield (based on the crown R = George IV and the hollow grind not being around till 1825). I am on the road so will post pics when I get a chance but any thoughts are welcome in the mean time. I find it hard to believe a 180 year old blade could be in this good of shape and I am excited about getting it rescaled and shave rdy!
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but antique stores are scary. The used to filled with old dusty stuff. Now they are filled with stuff I recognize. 
