Thread: Older Chinese Symbol Sheffield... 中国使用符号剃须刀

Originally Posted by DNM

I have one very similar and it's a Joseph Elliot's. Can't catch it any better with my phone.

Obviosly not the original scales. These are very ugly and will be changed someday.

I have that exact blade as well, most kindly gifted to me by awesome SRP member JBHoren...great straight razor!

Very interesting razor for sure, and very nice work once again.

Originally Posted by Martin103

Very interesting razor for sure, and very nice work once again.

Thanks Martin...always nice to hear from you!

A little late on this thread but...
Very good work!
I've had one on my list but are hard to find.
The tail is beautiful, what is that tail style called?

Originally Posted by MikeT

A little late on this thread but...
Very good work!
I've had one on my list but are hard to find.
The tail is beautiful, what is that tail style called?

Thanks Mike for the thumbs up! As far as the tail goes...I have no idea what this type of 'tail profile ' would be called???? I like it though!

It wasn't to do with razors specifically, but I remember reading or watching something once about 19th century british manufacturers and Chinese and Japanese characters.

Apparently there was a fascination with all things "eastern" back then, and manufacturers of all sorts of things would cash in on that by using symbols. I guess some took some effort, but others apparently simply copied characters off, for example, shipping containers.

So it is entirely possible that the chinese characters on your antique vase, razor, whatever, simply translate into "This Way Up"!!

lol!

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

It wasn't to do with razors specifically, but I remember reading
So it is entirely possible that the chinese characters on your antique vase, razor, whatever, simply translate into "This Way Up"!!

lol!

James.

Lol! That just cracked me up! This whole time we thought that the Chinese characters were ancient secrets that if deciphered and understood could lead one to health, wealth, and enlightenment (in no specific order).
How wrong we were! My interest in these blades is now gone. What a fool I was, tricked by marketing strategies over a century old! Damn.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

It wasn't to do with razors specifically, but I remember reading or watching something once about 19th century british manufacturers and Chinese and Japanese characters.

Apparently there was a fascination with all things "eastern" back then, and manufacturers of all sorts of things would cash in on that by using symbols. I guess some took some effort, but others apparently simply copied characters off, for example, shipping containers.

So it is entirely possible that the chinese characters on your antique vase, razor, whatever, simply translate into "This Way Up"!!

lol!

James.

Perhaps it just says " Hone with tape".

Originally Posted by Martin103

Perhaps it just says " Hone with tape".

LOL! I'm sure that's it Martin!

Originally Posted by Jimbo

It wasn't to do with razors specifically, but I remember reading or watching something once about 19th century british manufacturers and Chinese and Japanese characters.

Apparently there was a fascination with all things "eastern" back then, and manufacturers of all sorts of things would cash in on that by using symbols. I guess some took some effort, but others apparently simply copied characters off, for example, shipping containers.

So it is entirely possible that the chinese characters on your antique vase, razor, whatever, simply translate into "This Way Up"!!

lol!

James.

I can believe it. I remember seeing one picture of a razor with "Chinese" writing that wasn't actually text. It didn't mean anything (according to the article I read) and looked like someone trying to make up symbols that looked Chinese.

EDIT:
I found a picture of it. It was on Strazors site.

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