Hi guys are these Masonic symbols? Also an ID on the maker would be cool, but it looks tough. Thank you!
This is a well thought out idea. I appreciate it, thank youNot Masonic to my eye -- at least not North American Mason. Some of our global brethren use somewhat different symbology.
That said, in the approximate vintage of this razor there were many active fraternal organizations. Some of them were professional brotherhoods, others religious or political in nature, still others what we call "service" organizations dedicated to helping in their communities.
One speculation is that the razor was decorated with the symbols of a rather small group -- one without huge resources to hire a high-quality artist. Such a thing might be a useful keepsake for a member, though one suspects the group, whatever its principles, has by now gone extinct.
O.H.
Hi guys are these Masonic symbols? Also an ID on the maker would be cool, but it looks tough. Thank you!
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Hi guys are these Masonic symbols? Also an ID on the maker would be cool, but it looks tough. Thank you!
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I have seen this pattern before on worn down blades and it was applied no differently.I think someone got creative with some fine blasting sand and tape(or polish wand), and a jewelers' airgun. The outer edge of the matte finish does not have any sort of layered border, i.e., you don't see polish broken by matte bars, with some kind of scrolling at the corners, and given the stamping, which looks early 1900s, I would say the etching was not factory done. I could be wrong...