Torrey 3/4 scale?

[Wid]

Just scored this Torrey from the bay. It was advertised as a 3/4 size razor at 5 1/4" long with a 2 1/4" blade. Anyone else ever hear of such a thing?

 

[Mike H]

A shorty, cool! That is a good looking razor.
It could be the tip of the blade chipped, and they repaired it and just shortened the scales to match.
However, yours looks original, maybe it was a travel razor?

 

[brother cavefish]

very nice razor, good steel-i made a Shumate "shorty" for my kid

 

[Wid]

In the description it mentioned it to be a ladies razor. I thought it be pretty cool.

 

[Greybeard]

J.R. Torrey made a razor called the "Little Shaver". It was one of the best known factory made short razors. It was sold more as a travel, moustache and trim razor rather than a ladies' razor. The dimensions match your razor.
Harvitz81 sold one on the BST a while ago. Below are the pics from that sale.
Torrey also made an almost identical razor called "The Little Gem". That one was marketed to the ladies and may be what you have. Sorry, no pics.

 

[Obiwan]

I had 2 Torrey razors that appeared to be "Factory shorties" although they weren't labeled as such. Great razors though.

 

[Doc226]

Very nice. But yes it's a girls razor. Send my way for proper disposal.

 

[mycarver]

From my limited understanding there were several mfgr's that made them. Personally I have a factory W&B that's a factory shorty besides the others I've cut down. They're interesting I think.

 

[HLS]

My Torrey Little Guard, an Ebay purchase. Dandy little thing.

Jim

 

[Wid]

Got the razor in today. I am 100% certain this is the same razor as Jim posted, the little guard. It has the same shape on the spine and there is a faint reminder of where the blade guard has been used.

 

[Brownbear]

Looks like the guard version to me from the step on the back of the spine. I have one and it is a great little razor, I use it without the guard but I tried it with the guard once and it would work although the guard has to be switched when you swap hands.

 

[Wid]

I used it tonight and was rewarded with a really good shave. It took a nice edge, some really hard steel.

 

[brother cavefish]

its the little guard , you can tell by the lowered spine notch for the thinner comb