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Hello everyone!
I'm Andy, 42 (almost 43) from Odessa, not the TX one but UA - Ukraine. I'm lurking here at least 4 month to take all the information and help you, guys generously spread.
Now I'm totally in SR after receive the J.Openshaw Bolton 6/8 shave ready and vintage french strop.
So count me in to the AD club 8-)
And the question for sure.
Can you give me any information about my SR?
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Well I can't tell you anything about the razor, but welcome to the group! I had a roommate from Ukraine during my first year of college.
Welcome to SRP. It's always great to see a new face. We look forward to seeing you active in the forum!
Welcome aboard.
Welcome to the wonderful world of real shaving!
Sorry for not being able to help you on that razor. It is unknown to me and waiting for the forum's wizards for an answer. :)
Not sure about that particular razor, but welcome to the forum. There are a lot of wise shavers on SRP to help you out. Enjoy!
Thank you guys for so warm welcome.
Truly said, I'm not totally new in wet-shaving.
I've started in school with DE my 16 BDay fathers gift. That was some Czechoslovakia razor with regulated angles. Than in my military service I used flip-top DE razor (some heavy weighted stainless steel with brutal design)
After the end of the Soviet Union I fall into the plastic crap with 1 - 2-3-4 - etc blades
PS: And excuse me my bad English
Hi Andy
Welcome to the forum. No need to apologize for your English, it is very good. I can't tell you anything about your razor. I can only guess that it was made for J Openshaw to sell at his retail store. I have a razor marked with an Edinburgh cutlers name and no maker mark. It is a 6/8 with a heavier grind, not full hollow, plastic scales and a lead wedge. I can only guess that it was a Sheffield made razor specially for that retailer, sort of what we call a store brand today. Love shaving with it and did so this morning. Sometimes it is next to impossible to find much out about a razor but the important thing is the actual shave.
Bob
Hello, welcome, and enjoy the ride!
BobH
Thank you Bob. I think almost in the same way but interesting point that I have found the second razor with "Bolton" reference on it
DUCKWORTH'S - BOLTON
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It put me in the next idea:
The Bolton - somehow referenced with manufacture/material like Solingen or Sheffield
The name before it - retailer or barber supplier
And as I'm historian by my first education - I like to find the lost pieces of material history (I think it is why I'm here)
Andy
I am pretty sure, not positive, that Bolton is the city where the retailer had his store. Bolton, from the looks of the map, is near Manchester. Always liked blades with thumb notches.
Bob
Hello Andy,
Just thought you'd like to know that another J Duckworth & Sons, Bolton, razor has come to light:-
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I collect old items (not specifically razors) from Wigan, but when I saw this one from Bolton which is only a few miles away, I put a bid on it....
Whilst trying to research Duckworth & Sons, I came upon a reference to an old woodsaw:-
The Restoration of a 14" Tenon Saw #1: Identification, Historical Evidence and a Vivid Imagination - by Brit @ LumberJocks.com ~ woodworking community
It's interesting that the saw is signed "W Tyzack Sons & Turner" and "Made for J Duckworth Bolton"
I understand that Tyzack's made razors too, so perhaps yours is one of them ?
Could be that mine is too ?
Kind regards,
Andy
