Hi Jen,

Check out the information Kathy Deagan has for razors in her second artifact
book (Portable Personal Possessions; pages 234-235).  Deagan mentions
recovering razors on New World Spanish sites she has worked on starting with
Puerto Real, Haiti (middle of the sixteenth century) and gives a reference
for British colonial examples from eighteenth century Fort
Michilimackinack.
Deb


On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Jennifer Melcher <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I'm working on an 18th century mission site in Florida and we found and
> Iron
> object which we had x-rayed and believe based on that to be a straight
> razor.  I can send anyone who might be able to help a .jpg image of the
> x-ray.  If anyone has more information on straight razors from this period
> or has one of a similar style or know of documentation of ones like these
> please let me know.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help
>
> Jennifer Melcher
> Field Director
> UWF Colonial Frontiers project
>



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Mullins, Deborah R.