Thread: What is this mark?

A lot of razors in this shape have been turning up lately.

The mark is pretty typical of very early (for razors!) cutler's marks.

Some examples from Sheffield in the 16th century:



I've been digging really hard into research on these, but so far I haven't turned up much. I've found a pair of razors with blades in that style (odd spike-tang, hatchet-like blade, cutler's mark in the middle-top). They were made for a duke of Pomerania in the early 17th century.



It's not a perfect match, but it is close enough that I suspect all of these razors were made in Northeastern Germany in the 16th-17th century. However, I'm still digging!