FS: George Butler 5/8 "Keen" Straight Razor

[sapito318]

**SOLD**

For sale is a nice George Butler "Keen" 5/8 straight razor. The razor has a nice shine, and is in overall great condition. There are a few markings visible under certain lighting angles, which do not show up well in the photos. Along the edge, there are some deeper scratch marks which have been polished out and are not really visible without the correct angle.

MFG: George Butler & Co
Tang: George Butler & Co, Sheffield, England, Marking: The word "Art" w/in a circle
Tang (Back): No. 0
Tang (Bottom) This baby's got Jimps!
Blade Face: "Keen as is this razor's edge invisible", "Shakespeare, Love's Labor Lost", with an engraving of what I am assuming is Shakespeare, or possibly George Butler...
Grind: Full Hollow, 5/8
Scales: Plastic or Celluloid

Blade is shave ready.

Asking $99 Shipped USPS First Class Uninsured, CONUS. Please add $5 for international shipping.

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[Zen Master Kool-Aid]

Funny that they should engrave a picture of a guy with a beard on a razor. :lol:

Purdy razor!

[SirWhiskers]

Funny that they should engrave a picture of a guy with a beard on a razor. :lol:


One side has the "before" the other side the "after" picture :smile:

I'd love to try a straight but they all look so intimidating and scary.

[Zen Master Kool-Aid]

I'd love to try a straight but they all look so intimidating and scary.

When you get good at it, you get the best shaves ever... seriously... best ever... :thumbup1:

[sapito318]

Funny that they should engrave a picture of a guy with a beard on a razor. :lol:

Purdy razor!

Hehe, I never thought of that :lol:

BTW... I forgot to mention that this baby's got Jimps!

[deevoproject]

that engraving definitely looks like every portrait of William Shakespear i've ever seen...

[sapito318]

Sold