I logged on to ebay a few weeks ago and there were so many nice or interesting and unusual things going on the cheap that I ended up with about five razors. The last which just arrived (as the seller had covid), and is probably the most interesting and unusual of all.
It's a rather ornate old JR wedge, in very beautiful multicoloured mottled horn scales. And given the almost stub-tail, 'His Majesty, 'GR', and the fact I think I can just about make out the remnants of a 'V' above the 'R' I'm assuming it might date to somewhere between 1820 and 1830?
Would this kind of highly-stylized spine and grind/profile be common back then? Or possibly done after? And indeed - has anyone seen or got anything similar? Cos I hadn't...
It's a rather ornate old JR wedge, in very beautiful multicoloured mottled horn scales. And given the almost stub-tail, 'His Majesty, 'GR', and the fact I think I can just about make out the remnants of a 'V' above the 'R' I'm assuming it might date to somewhere between 1820 and 1830?
Would this kind of highly-stylized spine and grind/profile be common back then? Or possibly done after? And indeed - has anyone seen or got anything similar? Cos I hadn't...