Restore: W.Sayles - Crown GR

Here is a restore that I just finished working on. It is a W. SAYLES - CROWN GR...black horn scales with nickle silver bulls-eye washers. It's a great Shaver!

I have no information on the manufacturer...perhaps Martin, Zak, Neil or Manah can give us some clues...I do however believe that it was made during the reign of King George IV between 1820-1830, although it is possible that it was made prior to that during the reign of George III.

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WP34

Cool, old razor. Congrats on an incredible save!
Noticed it is under guard.

Looks like it should! The last photos seem to show that you got rid of the frown near the heel. Nice work all around! After a while pinning witha regular pins will make A+.
~Richard

Fantastic job. A great job on the scales.

Thanks guys! That's my 'guard -dog' 'Cisco Kid' watching over my handiwork...LOL! He really is more of a dog than a cat...had him since he was just a newborn...he shakes hands, rolls over, and sits up on command, walks on a leash and he even comes when I whistle. :rofl2:

Richard...I just started pinning up a bunch of razors so when I have this one pinned I'll post some update pics. Just need to get some nickle silver pins to go with the original Bulls-eye washers.

:beer1: WP34

Cool transformation. Nice work! :)

Awesome save of a Beautiful old girl
Well done in dead

Nice Save!
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Wonderful work there my friend! That blade looks very nice, bet it shaves like the devil as well.

I believed the maker of this beauty is William Sayles from Sheffield, born in ?, married Mary Ann Smelter in 1779, one son Phillip born in 1787.
The earliest i found with a relevance to razors was in 1791, about a broken partnership.
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Many different entries till about 1820-30's, seems like Mr Sayles had a few bad partnership in his lifetime.

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The G. R. Crown stamp would be before 1820 and possibly a few years later when they got around to making new dies. My G.Johnson's do not have the G.R. Crown stamp. Comments?
~Richard

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Originally Posted by Martin103

Wonderful work there my friend! That blade looks very nice, bet it shaves like the devil as well.

I believed the maker of this beauty is William Sayles from Sheffield, born in ?, married Mary Ann Smelter in 1779, one son Phillip born in 1787.
The earliest i found with a relevance to razors was in 1791, about a broken partnership...

Many different entries till about 1820-30's, seems like Mr Sayles had a few bad partnership in his lifetime.

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Thank you Martin for the kind words...I knew you could suss it out! Very interesting that 'Sayles' was a partner of G. Johnson...I have several of the G. Johnson razors and they are some of my favorite's as well. Although it could of course be a different "George Johnson" than the one we are familiar with ( Hammer and 7 star makers mark) it would seem that it is indeed the same "G. Johnson", and a cross check of information would probably reveal the truth of it.

The information that you provide could indicate that this indeed was possibly from the reign of George III (prior to 1820 as Richard indicates with his post). It is always an amazement to me that you have the ability to resource this amount of information...

Thanks again!

WP34

BTW ... It is a 'wickedly good ' shaver...but what I like the best about it and others from this era, is that when I look in the mirror with this razor in my hand, I realize that I am shaving with the same razor that someone else used over 200 years ago. It's an amazing feeling to be that connected to history!