Thread: The Stub-Tailed Shavers

Originally Posted by Willisf

I just looked at through a loupe..... It's an "I" .... But in a way it does look look like a "J"

I always figured it was a worn or broken stamp making the "J" look like an "I". They weren't all that fussy back in those days. I've had Case Bros Little Valley pocket knives where the stamp was half on, and half off the tang. IOW, only half the stamp on the tang at all.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I always figured it was a worn or broken stamp making the "J" look like an "I". They weren't all that fussy back in those days. I've had Case Bros Little Valley pocket knives where the stamp was half on, and half off the tang. IOW, only half the stamp on the tang at all.

Those might have been a Friday Afternoon special too....hahahaha

Birmingham Old English

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I always figured it was a worn or broken stamp making the "J" look like an "I". They weren't all that fussy back in those days. I've had Case Bros Little Valley pocket knives where the stamp was half on, and half off the tang. IOW, only half the stamp on the tang at all.

I thought it had a more definite strike mark on the left side from that one pic , that's why I asked .. but I know what you are saying Jimmy as I had a razor or 2 that the first couple letters were barely visible , or ones that are so crooked its funny .. I guess the quality was in the edge a nd not the mark ..back then

[QUOTE=Willisf;1467387]I Barber .....I think this is a stub-tailed.



I love the rosette collars! BTW, it is a stub tail.

[QUOTE=engine46;1467474]

Originally Posted by Willisf

I Barber .....I think this is a stub-tailed.



I love the rosette collars!

Me too..... I'd like to have this one restored...... The scales are in fairly good shape..... One of the collars has "rusted" off.......
Will be hard to replace it I think.

[QUOTE=Willisf;1467534]

Originally Posted by engine46

Me too..... I'd like to have this one restored...... The scales are in fairly good shape..... One of the collars has "rusted" off.......
Will be hard to replace it I think.

If you are referring to the rosette collar, yes, they are hard to find but I think I saw an old post on here one time where a member was making them. You might have to do an advanced search. I'll check a folder of mine. When i find articles like that I save the link & email it to myself & put it in a special folder. I have 2 rosettes saved for when I get another straight that is missing some & can make a set out of them.

Joseph Hives. ~1803-1810 a bit of a rare maker.


Brittain Wilkinson and Brownell ~1810-1820. Unbelievably thin at the tail.


Unknown warranted. ~1805-1815


Unknown warranted. ~1810-1820

I'm also currently working on representatives from the courts of King George IV and King William IV, respectively.

All dates are guesses by myself based on my own research, if anyone has any additional information I'd love to hear it. Thank you.

Originally Posted by appa69

Joseph Hives. ~1803-1810 a bit of a rare maker.


Brittain Wilkinson and Brownell ~1810-1820. Unbelievably thin at the tail.


Unknown warranted. ~1805-1815


Unknown warranted. ~1810-1820

I'm also currently working on representatives from the courts of King George IV and King William IV, respectively.

All dates are guesses by myself based on my own research, if anyone has any additional information I'd love to hear it. Thank you.

Those are nice! The Joseph Hives of course has been rescaled but I wonder why the fancy collars just on one side? They do look nice & possibly were only two left by the time the restorer did the work. I have one that had rosettes on it but just two, so I used the catseye collars instead. I saved the rosettes for when I get more.

Yeah. I rescaled the hives myself, I didn't think to mention it. The collars are brass beading items, and if you look closely, you can see that they are the same but different sizes.