Here is a post that may shed a little light on it.
By the looks of the ebay razor it is a Shepherd
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...-shepherd.html
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Here is a post that may shed a little light on it.
By the looks of the ebay razor it is a Shepherd
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...-shepherd.html
Excellent post! That seems to be introvertible proof that it is indeed a John shepherd, like you previously stated. I take my hat off to you!
Regards,
Neil
PS: the date still seems a bit questionable as there was a John Shepherd, razor manufacturer, listed at Hollis Croft in Baines Gazetteer of Sheffield for 1822. Joseph Elliots were at Hollis Croft too, and there is an instance of a silver/cutlery marking of "wolf under a crown" (no pic, unfortunately) attributed to Elliots at one time - although this may have been a typo, it poses an interesting possibility that Elliots owned the mark for a while (they owned many other makers marks).
Everything about it points to ~1790, IMO.
Lummus identifies John Shepherd's dating as 1770-1795. He even has a picture of a Shepherd in his Article from 1922, also with the Crown & WOLF
http://www.adrian.edu/%7Ebmaggard/741.JPG
1780 is an adress perhaps?:shrug:
Thanks for the info, y'all.
I think I'll let this one go, but find a better condition Wolf down the line.
Further to my post #12 above, I found a picture of a razor with Joseph Elliot marked on the tang and the Shepherd 'WOLF' under a crown trademark on the blade. So - it wasn't a typo and it appears that Lummus had not come across this example, which leaves the date debatable.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...87/wolf-01.jpg
There are more pictures of this razor in the SRP razor clubs forum under 'silver steel'.
Regards,
Neil
I have a few old ones - in fact I just posted one on the bay -
a good rule of thumb is if there is no tang, it is pre 1800. That razor has real tortoise shell scales, and if they are in good shape, I would hold on to them. The blades are easy to find, nice scales are not. The razor I put up has just the faintest showing of the beginning of a tang which is the next step and brings the date closer to 1800. The blade from this thread has a bit of a tail nub which I have never seen. It's usually either no tail or a monkey nub which is just a bit bigger. But just the fact that these razors could have been used by the revolutionary army (1775 to 1783) here has always amazed me. Whenever I see one of these razors, I look for names and a date scratched onto the scales. Could you imagine fighting in that war? Ok... I got carried away. I love old razors :)
hier is a Shephard from me. Original restored...A grest Razor
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