Quote Originally Posted by Fikira View Post
Just wanted to say, the stubtails out of Sweden are often originated from Sheffield, I have a couple of Smith's, Lin(d)ley's, Bengall's, Elliot's, Shepherd (crown WOLF), "GB", Norris,... from Sweden!

Nice reference to that tread, but those "pipe" - markings are not only from the 18th century I'm afraid, there are markings from the 19th, even from the 20th century...
The point I was making was just that it's difficult to say without a lot of scrutiny because many makers used pipes during the 18th, incl. French, that was maybe not the best example thread to use. But I count 5 from the available pages of Sketchley's and the well-known 2 from G&M 1787 razor-maker listings. There are marks of non-razor listings which are important, as they may have not been making razors at the time the directory was assembled.