Doc226 would be my suggestion , he's a great craftsman
Nice price! You sure that Sheffield and not French?This old Sheffield from some time in the late 1700s. Found it 5 or 6 years ago and have yet to decide what to do with it.
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Yes I'm pretty certain. One stamp says "OLF" which I'm fairly certain should read "WOLF" which would trace it to an English maker, but you're right to think the "acier fondu" would make it french. Maybe the blade was cast in France and ground in England, I really have no idea. Very hard to trace the origins. I had a thread on it years ago here.Nice price! You sure that Sheffield and not French?
Several Sheffield smiths used the stamp Acier Fondue - Greaves is one example.... but you're right to think the "acier fondu" would make it french.
That may be the oldest one I’ve seen yet! I love the rosettes, you never see them. Obviously this would have been a very expensive luxury tool back in those times. Who knows the luck this little razor must have had to survive 250 years plus??!??!
Wait, if yours is 1824, any idea how old mine would be? the blade is a heavy smiling 6/8 near wedge but the engraving looks exactly like yours except mine says "best damascus steel". "made for the army" version I guess...Well it was my 1874 Engstrom, it is now replaced with my 1824 Joseph Elliot. But whats 50 years between 2 blades
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I found my new oldest straight razor in the wold yesterday, not sure how old it is, but I'm confident that it's the oldest! *edit* MY oldest. it's nowhere as old as some of these gentlemen's razors!
Thanks! I did find a bit more information about Thomas Scargill, which is to say much less than most other razor searchesWell it was my 1874 Engstrom, it is now replaced with my 1824 Joseph Elliot. But whats 50 years between 2 blades
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