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10-28-2013, 09:09 PM #1Junior Member
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Razor identification and history help required
Hi all. A newbie here from Kent, England, UK.
Have acquired this at no cost from a barber friend. Would love to know more about it please.
Many Thanks in advance
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10-28-2013, 09:13 PM #2Historically Inquisitive
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Welcome to SRP, you can find history about Joseph Elliot on this wiki link: http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...Elliot,_Joseph
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10-29-2013, 11:08 PM #3Senior Member
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I noticed in the link you posted it mentioned that Elliot was associated in some way with J Barber, wonder if that's John Barber?
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10-29-2013, 11:12 PM #4Captain ARAD.
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In the late 1800's, Elliot went on a buying spree of old marks. They nabbed Shepherd's 'WOLF' logo, John Barber's marks (as well as I. Barber!) and a whole bunch of others. I've never seen any Elliot-produced WOLF or JOHN BARBER razors, but they owned the marks to do it if they wanted to. Originally Posted by Miner123
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10-30-2013, 12:25 AM #5Razor Vulture
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I wonder if it is not based on one of many dialects found in the Isles. Sounds of some Welsh, Celtic variation or such. Could that be it? Not neccessarily a spelling, but a pronunciation???
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10-30-2013, 01:12 AM #6Senior Member
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Eye tink thee is barking up t'wrong tree, yung Tom, deer t'me owd 'eart as thee be... Originally Posted by sharptonn
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10-28-2013, 09:22 PM #7Senior Member
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From another post in SRP, regarding "Joseph Elliot"...
Just out of interest, Google Maps shows 4 Well St, Moffat as being a gents hairdressers. It'll be interesting to know how much that shop has changed since the razor was purchased... whenever that was.Well, it's a common sheffield based maker, & a quality one. Silver steel is a carbon steel, often containing chromium to improve wear resistance.~ Dave ~ ... back to lurking...
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10-28-2013, 09:39 PM #8Junior Member
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Oh yeah just found em on google maps. Well spotted sir.
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10-28-2013, 09:44 PM #9Junior Member
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I have found some pictures on google images of the same knife as mine but none of them have the writing on the blade.
Any ideas what the words mean?
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10-28-2013, 09:52 PM #10Historically Inquisitive
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Genuine concave? Originally Posted by blisteredfingerz
Last edited by Martin103; 10-28-2013 at 09:55 PM.
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