Thread: Crookes & Straights

Originally Posted by nessmuck

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Hop this helps...

1880 ‘ s maybe.....any help dating this razor...thanks !

Here's one that's apparently a "Crookes", but not any of the Crookes mentioned here. Rather an "S. Crookes".




It's got a G.R. crown stamp, so likely that dates it to the 1820s. It looks like a half hollow - I don't know if it was reground, I think some hollow grinds did start to appear in the 1820s. Though there is a mostly obliterated stamp on the one face near the spine.



Maybe "T ? E L L" ?

The scales are pretty straight and actually some sort of honey horn, though they look a bit like wood in photos.

One side has a name scratched in, though I'm not sure what it says:



In any case, does anyone know anything about "S. Crookes"?

Nice razor, probably a re-grind. I've seen "warranted to shave well" and the like stamped on the spine on various makers.

Thanks! Yes, it does look like it could be the remnants of "W" before the "..ELL", so I bet it was some phrase of this sort.

Originally Posted by benhunt

Thanks! Yes, it does look like it could be the remnants of "W" before the "..ELL", so I bet it was some phrase of this sort.

Yup, you lather well and I'll shave well.

Bob

We’ve all heard of eBay horror stories, but sometimes you win. I’ve always wanted a nice Johnathan Crookes, but never ran across one, at least before someone else did. There was one on eBay with collared pins and apparent corrosion, along with a small heel chip. I used the heel chip to bargain with the seller, and got it at a price that was still pretty high for a bone scaled, rusty razor. Rad strikes deep, lol.

Except that what it looked like isn’t what it is. Vendors image first. The ‘bone’ scales are wafer thin ivory with a lead wedge despite the collar pins, and 99+% of the the corrosion was some kind of ‘substance that cleaned off. It looked like old cosmolene but the razor has slight wear on it. I fixed the heel chip and have a very nice razor. It could still stand to have a proper cleaning and pin job sometime.

Very nice, especially the lack of honewear.
Being as old as it is, it's supposed to have a little patina.
I like it just the way it is.
Nice job on the cleanup.

Pete <:-}

Originally Posted by petercp4e

Very nice, especially the lack of honewear.
Being as old as it is, it's supposed to have a little patina.
I like it just the way it is.
Nice job on the cleanup.

Pete <:-}

Thank you Peter!

Lovely old razor. Are the scales ivory?

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Lovely old razor. Are the scales ivory?

Bob

They seem to be, but IDK.