manah

Originally Posted by manah

The razor was made by John Shaw & Sons.
John Shaw(1816-1879) was a razor manufacturer, who worked (and lived) in Copper Street. He was born in Stannington. Possibly he may have been the son of Joseph Shaw, who was also a razor maker living next door in Copper Street. John remained in Copper Street throughout his career and eventually brought his sons - Thomas, Frederick, and John - into the business (another son, Joseph, died in 1873, aged 33). John Shaw died in Copper Street on 24 April 1879, aged 63.
The firm continued in Copper Street as John Shaw & Sons and advertised in The Foreign Buyers Catalogue (1895). By 1901, it had moved to Eldon Street. It was then based in Wheeldon Street until after the WWI, but apparently became defunct during the 1920s. Shaw's was a largely anonymous backstreet firm, but it had several trademarks, including "Secure".