Shawcroft Restoration

Just finished this "Shawcroft Patriot Razor Sheffield".
I cannot find any info on the maker and i've looked hard..

The scales are bone and i gave the blade a satin finish.
There was once a brass rope & silver plaque design in the center .. I first made a brass plaque which didn't look rite so i opted for this alternate design to cover the three holes..The bevel should be uniform, it will get honed tonight..Thanks

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Are you sure it's not Hawcroft.

W. HAWCROFT & SONS,
Bath Works
Sheffield
(1892)
Ref. 1892

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Originally Posted by bouschie

Are you sure it's not Hawcroft.

W. HAWCROFT & SONS,
Bath Works
Sheffield
(1892)
Ref. 1892

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You are a genius :)
It probably is and the mark is "S.Hawcroft" S for Samuel Pearson business partner of William Hawcroft.
They have a large write up in Tweedale's ..I'll read on.
Cheers

Nice job. I really like that style of old bone scales. The carving is simplistic yet elegant.

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Originally Posted by RezDog

Nice job. I really like that style of old bone scales. The carving is simplistic yet elegant.

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Yes i agree.. They was warped and cracked .. You have to be careful with bone . Horn you can do as you please ..

I took this from William Greaves | The Shivering Beggar ... I hope he (Zak) dosnt mind :) ...............................Hawcroft was killed by a bull. Perhaps his umbrella9 startled them, but two bullocks being taken to the slaughterhouse knocked him down and one of them gored him in the head. He died two days later.
From J.T. Plummer’s 1885 ad in New York’s Great Industries:
William Hawcroft & Sons’ standard “Renown” razors are famed throughout the world as an article of pre-eminent excellence, being manufactured from the finest steel ever produced, and tempered by a secret process, imparting to the steel that degree of hardness, density and tenacity requisite to retain a perfect, fine and durable edge. Messrs. Hawcroft & Sons have been awarded the first prize medals of London and Paris, for excellence of quality of the “Renown” razors. Their steel erasers are also unexcelled.