Thread: The Stub-Tailed Shavers

Originally Posted by Martin103

...what is stamped on the tang of the razor?

only "patent".
The geometry of the blade is correct and the cut is sweet as in all the old Sheffield. A real pleasure to use.

My razor interests have finally turned to the stub tail age... and these are my first two entries.
Heavy rust on this guy, can make out the what probably says "Cast Steel" on the tang. This is after a little dremel wire brush


and then some 320 grit. I think it'll make a nice razor some day.


Then I also got this Rodgers Old English Steel with some very nice flower washers I'm definitely going to surgically remove and reuse.

Picked this one up recently surprisingly cheap. Really nice condition for the age. Has silver pinning decoration along one side of the scales. Blade stamp says only PATENT

This J. Bingham 6/8 near wedge has been in my weekly rotation for several months now. The blade was in decent nick and just needed some wet sanding and polishing. The original scales were cracked, broken, and eaten away by insects so I made replacement horn scales and bone wedge. Based on the GR cypher and what I know of Bingham, it most likely dates from the 1820's.

Hey guys, I'm trying to restore to original an old stubtail Marshall. It came with these flower washers but I cannot find replacements anywhere. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

Originally Posted by Lutebro

Hey guys, I'm trying to restore to original an old stubtail Marshall. It came with these flower washers but I cannot find replacements anywhere. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

If you are looking for exact replication, the best I have found so far is to find a broken old razor that has that style. I don't know of anyone who makes accurate replicas of those.

Sheffield Hives warranted stubtail.

Hey guys, can anyone tell me who these makers are ? Im at my witts end 😕

Originally Posted by Lutebro

Hey guys, I'm trying to restore to original an old stubtail Marshall. It came with these flower washers but I cannot find replacements anywhere. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

Those are called rosettes & are very hard to come by. Your best bet is to carefully try to remove them w/o damaging them. I have found that finding the center on the pin & drilling with a bit smaller than 1/16" is good to start with & if it is off center a little, you can angle it to center it up. once centered you can come back with a 1/16" & try getting them that way. I also have slightly tilted the razor just a tad which makes them pop off. Be very careful though because it is very easy to damage them which is why it is better to start out with a drill bit smaller than 1/16".

Originally Posted by Hillbillystixnstraights

Hey guys, can anyone tell me who these makers are ? Im at my witts end 😕

All of them definitely 18th century! (first one maybe end or around 18th century)

The pipe could be a "Birks" or a "Linley" ("Lindley"), seen in directories of 1774 (Sketchley's) and 1787 (Gales & Martin)

See:

https://acierfondu.wordpress.com/manufacturer-research/

Also see:

https://acierfondu.wordpress.com/mak.../early-razors/

He has a razor with the "6 - ? - 2" mark, still unknown...

The last razor, could that be some sort of travel razor?...

Regards