I've noticed that on many razors i've bought or seen on sale, there is an X mark on the scales. Is it my imagination or is it there for a reason?
"X" mark on the scales, reason why?
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Never seen that before
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I'll try to post a few more later on, but I definitely have seen more than one razor with it.
I have had a few razor came my way with initials roughly carved on them like that.
Maybe the owner name was Xavier.
Or maybe he just wanted to mark it for differentiation, being with other guys in a confined space, like army barracks or something.
Maybe the owner name was Xavier.
Or maybe he just wanted to mark it for differentiation, being with other guys in a confined space, like army barracks or something.
What kind of razor do the scales belong to?
I have seen x's or other identifying (non-initial) scratches on lots of razor scales. It had to just be to identify the razor.
It's to mark the spot. Originally the razor belonged to a pirate! Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it. 
It's to mark the spot. Originally the razor belonged to a pirate! Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Yeah there's treasure buried there dig it out
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I guess I'll have to settle for X marks the treasure spot :-/ lol
Here are some pictures of 2 others, plus a full picture of the one I first posted. One is a french razor (Ferrière), another is a Sheffield (Wade&Wingfield) and the other one is the ivory scales I recently got on the BST from France (they are in a zipplock with some mineral oil, I tried to process the shot to show the X mark as well as possible).
Here are some pictures of 2 others, plus a full picture of the one I first posted. One is a french razor (Ferrière), another is a Sheffield (Wade&Wingfield) and the other one is the ivory scales I recently got on the BST from France (they are in a zipplock with some mineral oil, I tried to process the shot to show the X mark as well as possible).
Are you doing this? Honing in your sleep?
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I have so many to hone yet, that would be very nice :-D
I would guess that it was common for barbers to mark the razors that needed work or needed more work than they were able to do.
Maybe it's a Canadian thing ehh?? Jkjk
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haha that must be it, eh! :-D
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