Thread: 8/8 R. Sutcliffe Sheffield Razor

Originally Posted by 782sirbrian

I did wonder if R Sutcliffe was a retailer or comissioner of razors made in Sheffield and stamped with his name
Sutcliffe is a Yorkshire name but I can't find much about a maker in Sheffield with this name...
The tang stamp contained in a square with the corners shaped is distinctive, I have a Lund, Fleet St set out like that.

Indeed the sort of cartouche stamp does show up a lot on non-Sheffield razors, like Lund or the infuriatingly untraceable "W. Taylor / XQ SITE", but I've got several definitely Sheffield made razors that use it as well (to one degree or another):



The William Marsh (precursor to Marshes & Shepherd) & Fred Fenney are obvious, but even Ashton, Jackson, & Co were a Sheffield company despite branding theirs the "unique and inimitable American razor".