Thread: Just picked up these razors, could use some help dating them.

I picked these up for what I think was a pretty good price ($120) considering what they are. Little bit of rusting but there's no nicks on the blades and they can shave arm hair, so the bevel still exists. The scales all look like horn. I particularly like the stubby tail .


Three of them together


Erik Anton Berg Eskiltuna Garanti Sweden. This is the one with the weird looking scales. Not sure how that happened. Just age maybe? Full hollow grind.


Johan Sundwe Celebrated Swedish Warranted. I'm guessing this one is made of Huntsman's cast steel, since it's stamped with warranted. Maybe it was made mid-1800s? It's cast steel but still has a pretty long tail. Frameback.


This is the stubby tailed one. Guessing it's also from mid to early 1800s. Stamped with "The IXL improved swiss manufactured solely by George Wostenholm." No stamping indicating cutlers to their majesty. Also a frameback.

All in all, I'm quite happy with this purchase. I'll maybe post some more once I finish cleaning them up. The Wosty has quite an interesting point, never seen it before. Notched frameback maybe?

my guess is that the Erik Anton Berg is mid 1800 and the Johan razor might be early 1800

The Wosty frameback ~1845ish?