Thread: Wath could you say me about this razor?, thanks

I´d never saw one like this, the Carey is quite holey, do you know a method to restaure it, obbiusly not to use the razor only for my little museum, and,, the fist question, wath can you sey me about the razor? many thanks like ever, the student withe the mastesr.....

Arthur Linley was born some time around 1819. He formed a partnership with George Bennet Parker and they traded as Parker & Linley, but this was disolved in 1849 and Linley remained as sole trader, trading as Arthur Linley & Co, which gives the earliest date for your razor, viz. 1849. The 1849 White's Directory lists him as a merchant working from 21 Union Street.

The 1852 directory sees Arthur Linley listed at the same address but now as a table knife manufacturer and merchant. The 1861 census sees him at his home - North Gate, Warwick rather than his working premises and records him as a hardware merchant.

Some time before the 1871 census he has moved to Middlesex in London and is listed as a 'spanish seller' that is an importer of spanish goods. His businesses (in London and Birmingham) were liquidated sometime after 1871.

So it seems that someone else made the razor, as Arthur Linley was recorded as a merchant, that is a seller of goods rather than a maker of goods.

Regards,
Neil

I don't think it would be too hard to restore that razor by somebody that knows what they are doing. Looks like the blade and other metal work would clean up nicely and the broken and flea bitten scale parts replace with faux tortoise shell. Probably hone up nice and be a good working razor.

Bob