Thread: William Revitt razor

Thank you all for the kind comments, and to Gugi for the links which were well worth following. My guess, based on the tang style and the remains of the stamp is that I have a later razor, nearer to 1860 than 1820. The stamp reads "Wm Revitt Patent Temper", by the way. The original scales were black horn, but too dog eared to reuse in my opinion: the new ones are a straight copy as regards shape and thickness.

I had an acceptable shave from this last night, but the cutting angle is a little steep (Neil had trouble with the edge flaking and had to go up to three layers of tape - I might do the trigonometry some time but it's got to be over 20 degrees). I expect matters will improve somewhat over the next few stroppings as the edge smooths out some more. It's very much at the wedge end of the spectrum - very quiet on the strop and practically silent when cutting whiskers. It feels tiny in my hands (don't know where to put all my fingers!), but the width is fine, not that much of a jump from my customary 5/8 razors.

Looks a winner. Beautiful timber.

I'm an ancestors of William revitt he was one of my great grandfather many years ago after doing my family tree i found i was related and I'm trying to get one of his razors and franks .

Hi and welcome. You have come to the right place for information and hopefully someone will be able to guide you in finding a good example for your namesake collection.

That's always nice to know that kind of history about your family and even nicer to have a physical item to have and display. I know what you mean as I have some fairly noteworthy ancestors one of whom was a signatore of the Magna Carta. I always say its cool bragging rights but it never made me a dime.

Anyway, best of luck to you in your search. I do not think that I personally have any but I will check and also keep my eyes open. Here though is another source of information you may find interesting and useful.

https://www.hawleysheffieldknives.co...val=r&kel=1042

And also this.

https://sha.org/assets/documents/Tra...0Tableware.pdf