Thread: Gregsteel razor from early 1920's.

Originally Posted by Renspen

Hi Bruce - It's interesting. My cursory check hasn't found a Sheffield Grace Bros either .... but I am puzzled as most razors made for companies in early Oz times had the company name with their address - and made in (wherever) and/or the makers trademark/name elsewhere on the blade or back tang, not as a single entity name on a tang eg Grace Brothers Sheffield, which would usually indicate Grace Brothers of Sheffield. I''ll need time to keep looking further into this one.... thank you again for posting the pic.
Razors in the late 1800's/1900's in Aust. were mainly made in Sheffield, England, or Solingen, Germany. There were some razors being manufactured in Australia as well, such as Barker Bros in say 1850's, W Jensen in the 1860's, and Gregory Steel Products (Gregsteel) in 1921! Few and far between.

Well, should you determine that my hunch is indeed the case, I would be happy to send it to further your historical cause.
Indeed, it would be a piece of Australian razor history were it true. I could even clothe it into some scales as well.

Bruce

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Well, should you determine that my hunch is indeed the case, I would be happy to send it to further your historical cause.
Indeed, it would be a piece of Australian razor history were it true. I could even clothe it into some scales as well.

Bruce

They'd have to be green and gold, Bruce

Originally Posted by Havachat45

They'd have to be green and gold, Bruce

Hey! I said scales! Not a bloody UFO!

Bruce

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Well, should you determine that my hunch is indeed the case, I would be happy to send it to further your historical cause. Indeed, it would be a piece of Australian razor history were it true. I could even clothe it into some scales as well.
Bruce

That's a very kind offer Bruce ... I'll do some more digging and see what I can find and report back to you.
Cheers...

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Well, should you determine that my hunch is indeed the case, I would be happy to send it to further your historical cause.
Indeed, it would be a piece of Australian razor history were it true. I could even clothe it into some scales as well.
Bruce

OK Bruce - re the Grace Brothers razor. Could not find any hairdressers-cum-tobacconists, nor a store by that name in Sheffield (only a pair of cricketers!) so we must assume then, without evidence to the contrary, that it is indeed our Aussie Grace Brothers with a 'made in Sheffield' razor, either for sale from their drapery and retail store, or as part of the hardresser's store (possibly also barber shop that would ordinarily sell branded razors) they ran inside their larger store from the 1920's.
Brothers Joseph and Albert were from Buckinghamshire England, and decided to go seek their fortune; Joseph heading to Australia and Albert to Boston USA. The deal was whoever 'made it' first would call the other. And so, Albert left Boston in 1885 to join Joseph in the beginning of a small but growing drapery store .... developing into an Australia-wide retail chain and removalists which was run through three generations of family members before fnally being taken over and rebranded by Myer.
I would be most happy to give your 'Grace Brothers' a new home amongst other Australian historical razors - clothed in scales or not. (will PM details)
With thanks
Joan

Wellllll, Oy OY OY! Happy to send it. Thanks for the history lesson on Grace bros as well. One condition would be to ask you to share a link or a thread here about the razors and history with us. We colonists appreciate all that such.

Regards,
Bruce