Mjclark, timwcic - Very nice razors gentlemen!
All ivory scales.I have 6 of these from John and William Ragg.
All ivory scales.
I have 6 of these from John and William Ragg.
Same. I really enjoy the feel and shaves from the JWest razors, but I've always been a big fan of those Sheffield blades. Available in a broad array of blade styles, all take a great edge with ease and deliver superb performances.I've been using astonishing laser like Japanese razors over the last week, and this Sheffield easily holds its own against them... and took a fraction of the time to hone [emoji3]
C.T. Bingham Tally Ho 13/16 Sheffield straight razor pre-1890
I came, I saw and I bought! And bought! And bought!
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Great looking Mouse Hole! Appears to be a later one with a more refined shape. Mine was very stout & stocky. Wish I still had it! My main anvil back when I was blacksmithing was an Armstrong 156Lb. that was in good shape when I got it. Just a few dings here & there to repair. In the next year or two I plan on setting up another shop to mainly make razors, knives & such. Also make billets of pattern weld steel for sale to pay for it all. Starting to look for an air hammer or a 100 Lb Little Giant.I've got a couple pieces of Sheffield steel, both pretty old.
The first is a unknown maker dating from roughly 1787 to 1810, near wedge, ~4/8, stub tail, horn handle with inlayed "1".
The second dates from 1820 to 1835....
but it's an anvil (sorry for the bad pic, its all I've got right now)
it's a 1820-1835 Mousehole forge anvil from Sheffield, body of wrought iron, face/horn of steel, marked weight is 129lbs, scale weight is 127.2. and once I get a stand for my forge built, it'll be used to create some straight razors, among other things.