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Brittain, Wilkinson & Brownell, 1800-1815

Thomas Scargill

Thomas Scargill, 1815-1820

Lummus Dots

Henry Lummus’ categorization cipher, colored dots with a number. Pile side of Hives razor, 1800-1810.

Wade & Butcher Special

Wade & Butcher Special, 1910

Lord Byron Razor

Wade & Butcher “Lord Byron Razor”, 1910

Byron’s Box

“Lord Byron Razor” display box, detail.

Elliot, 1815

Joseph Elliot, 1815

Bataille Semainier

Bataille, 1807. Semainier, or 7 Day set with interchangeable blades, missing one.

Officer’s Kit

Martin-Guillaume Biennais, officer’s field kit, 1811

W. Greaves

William Greaves, Acier Fondu, 1780’s

Wostenholm

George Wostenholm, 1870’s

Zepp Ern

Ern and Zepp, 1909.

Wootz Rodgers Restore

Joseph Rodgers, Wootz “Indian Steel” stamp, 1830’s.

Wolferman

Wolferman(?) in pressed horn scales by Woofindin, 1810-1815

E. L. & Co, Masonic 1840’s

Edward Leon & Company, 1840’s. Masonic etch, very large blade.

John Barber, pique ivory

John Barber in fancy pique-work, carved ivory scales. Originally part of a 7-day set, the spine is etched ‘Thursday’. Late 1820’s.

Barberosa Detail

Two John Barber razors, 1820’s. One in carved ivory with silver pique the other in black horn.

Wade & Butcher ‘The Arrow Razor’

Manufactured by Wade & Butcher. ‘The Arrow Razor’, with original box. 1905.

The Arrow Razor

Jonathan Crookes, India Steel

1850’s Jonathan Crookes, double concave grind, transparent horn scales.

Edward Allison, black horn

Made by Edward Allison in the early 1830’s. The side of the spine is etched ‘Warranted To Shave Well’, the tang is stamped ‘Allison’ with a WR crown stamp.

1830’s Gebruder Dittmar

Obscure German manufacturer, Gebruder Dittmar, from Heilbronn. 1830’s frameback with unusual German silver-clad tang.

7 Day Rodgers

Biennais Pair

Martin-Guillaume Biennais, 1811. Ivory with silver hardware. Stamped ‘Au Singe Violet’ — ‘The Purple Monkey’, Biennais’ mark.

Heljestrand Pair

Carl Victor Heljestrand, 1906. From a 7-day set, in tortoiseshell, sold at Magnus Kindal’s Paris store.

Green & Pickslay

Green & Pickslay, ‘Peruvian’. Made in 1826 from an alloy derived from Faraday & Stodart’s metallurgy experiments, consisting of India steel, iridium and rhodium. Cased pair made for William Archbald, a writer living in Kelso, Scotland.

Joseph Rodgers, Fine Indian Steel

Joseph Rodgers, 1830’s. Blade is stamped ‘Fine Indian Steel’. Scales are Macassar ebony.

Biennais, Napoleonic Officer’s Kit

Circa 1812. Napoleonic Field Officer’s kit with mirror, scissors, mahogany box and two ivory scaled razors stamped ‘Au Singe Violette’, the mark of Napoleon’s court goldsmith, Martin-Guillaume Biennais.

Bataille semainier, detail

Detail of the tooling on the Bataille semainier box. Morocco leather with gold leaf.

Oh So Sweeny

Greaves & Sons, Sheaf Works

Greaves & Sons, Lexington

France in Brittain

Wostenholm, 1870’s

George Marsden

“Magnum Bonum” razors, manufactured by George Marsden. 1810-1815

Captain Cox

Joseph Haywood 7-day set, 1880’s, engraved to ‘Captain Cox’.

Captain Cox

Edward Allison

Edward Allison, bone scales with silver pique. 1830-1834.

George Hammond, 1840’s

Wades

Two razors by Robert Wade, 1814-1820.

Packwood

Razor manufactured for George Packwood’s posthumous business, 1830. Unknown manufacturer.

Jaques Lecoultre

M & M Stamp

Celebrated Old Etchings

Clauss, Lily of the Valley

Fancy Clauss display box with Lily of the Valley pattern scales. 1905

Ascher Masonic

T. Ascher, Masonic etch, 1840’s.

Maher & Grosh “Trusty”

Elliots

Two Joseph Elliot razors, 1840’s.

Joseph Elliot, Philadelphia

Joseph Elliot razor in fancy pressed horn ‘Philadelphia’ scales, one of a series that included Boston, New York, and possibly others.

Celebrated Old Army Razor engraving

“D Wilson, Woodstock, Ohio”

Wade & Butcher

The Celebrated Old Army Razors, 1776. Made in the early 1850’s, both with a personalized engraving on the pile side.

Salamander

My first straight razor. Salamander Works, Solingen. Around 1918.

Marshes & Shepherd for J. Bement

Corrosive History

The toll of 180 years.

Stodart Pair

Made by James Stodart’s nephew, David between 1823 and 1830. Experimental alloys of steel mixed with iridium & osmium, and steel plus rhodium.

Strange Jimps

Unusual jimping on razors by Edward Allison (1830-1834), James Barlow (1805-1812) and Lawrence (London, 1820’s).