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This handcrafted handle was made by Robert Quinn from Sycamore which is native to the eastern U.S.   The Sycamore is a member of one of the planet’s oldest clan of trees and the family has been dated to be over 100 million years old. Living Sycamore trees can reach ages of 500 to 600 years.  After 200 or 300 years the sycamore trunk becomes hollow. In Ohio there were specimens that could hold 15 men on horseback or 40 men on foot!  One of the oldest Sycamores still standing predates the Revolutionary War.   Sycamore wood is used for furniture, millwork, flooring, butcher blocks, and musical instruments. With resistance to decay, the wood is hard, tough and almost impossible to split. The pioneers cut trunks of great dimension into cross-sections and then bored through the center to make primitive wheels for ox carts. Sycamore wood was also used to make wooden barber poles, wooden washing machines, and wooden stereoscopes.

This razor handle is 3.875 inches long and weighs 1.6 ounces.