Thread: The Stub-Tailed Shavers

Here are some of mine (approximate date, please correct me if i'm wrong):

William Parker (1830-1837)


Samuel Norris (1790-1800), french/irish point


Wade (Robert ?) (1810-1820)


Some more to come...

As promised...

Some have been cleaned (c) or fully restored (r), some haven't...

Joseph Rodgers, concave grind (1830-1840) (c)


Rodgers has been appointed in 1821. From 1820 to 1830, "Cutlers to his majesty" is seen (see below). Thus later than 1830.
No star neither maltese cross.

Joseph Rodgers, "Cutlers to his majesty" (1820-1830) (r)

Rescaled before I get it. Would need some ivory IMHO

Anonymous, "Old english", "Siver steel" (1820-1830) (c)


John Barber (1820-1830) (r)

Scales were unusable and have been perfectly copied

Joseph Elliot (1820-1830) (c)

3"1/4 long edge, veeeeeery laaaaarge tang !

William & John Birks, "Cast steel" (1790-1800)

Almost 3"1/4 long edge

Clark & Hall, "Cast steel" (1800-1810)

I'm not sure how reliable dating based on the his/their is. The concave looks like it could be easily 1830s-40s, it's very similar to a lot of period Elliot examples.

Originally Posted by ScienceGuy

I'm not sure how reliable dating based on the his/their is. The concave looks like it could be easily 1830s-40s, it's very similar to a lot of period Elliot examples.

Indeed, I also would say around 1830-1837

You are both definitely right... I totally forgot that Rodgers was appointed in 1821... So it is necessary later than 1830.

Originally Posted by inoe

You are both definitely right... I totally forgot that Rodgers was appointed in 1821... So it is necessary later than 1830.

As you know, it's not easy to determine the exact age of most of these razors,
but welcome to the club of those who want to keep searching for more precise identification
and figuring out how old these razors are!

Actually, what made me think it was old is the lack of star and maltese cross.

The only Rodgers I have seen without them are the earlier ones (The rescaled one here and another GR crown I have, marked "HIS MAJESTY" too, for example).

It's a fact they received their appointment in 1821. And it's a fact George IV ruled from 1820.

So it's a fact I don't know...

Originally Posted by inoe

Actually, what made me think it was old is the lack of star and maltese cross.

The only Rodgers I have seen without them are the earlier ones (The rescaled one here and another GR crown I have, marked "HIS MAJESTY" too, for example).

It's a fact they received their appointment in 1821. And it's a fact George IV ruled from 1820.

So it's a fact I don't know...

A little bit more information, if you don't have this already (thanks to "Strazors", "Manah"):

STRAZORS.com - all about classic razors - Joseph Rodgers & Sons, Sheffield.

http://strazors.com/uploads/images/rodgers.pdf

Yes, I have read both. But thank you anyway.

T Dawes, London. Ivory scales, box may be original. Sorry for the slightly poor pics, I drilled it off the scales by hand to get at rust and correct warp as it was rendering the scales unusable. If all goes well, I should peen it all back together in a month or so.