Thread: Does anyone recognize any of these

Taylor witness sheffield. 5/8+ that's not a Crack on the toe it's just a mark from the scales. Has a lead wedge.

Wadsworth razor co. XLNT 11/16

Joseph Elliott best silver steel. 5/8

Croghan Cutly Co. Fremont Ohio 5/8 blade says "special quality" with "our love" around a 4 leaf clover in the middle

Looks like a good haul at a great price. Get them honed and shave with them then report back.

The one on the right looks like a joseph elliot i picked up for three pounds. Mine no jumps and marked joseph elliot sheffield (england?) sorry away for restoration and not sure about england. Scales also look identical, very flimsy feeling. But mine has barbers notch. Near wedge. What is best guess of age of that razor from some one with better idea of what they are talking about? and by that i mean me, just realized that sounded as though i meant some of the other people posting.

The one on the right, the Joseph Elliot looks like ivory but isn't.

I made a mistake in my previous post, mine is a John Elliot, not a Joseph Elliot. Anyone know anything about John?

Originally Posted by dmnc

I made a mistake in my previous post, mine is a John Elliot, not a Joseph Elliot. Anyone know anything about John?

This razor maker may have had a family link to Joseph Elliot but has been difficult to confirm because the name was sometimes spelled Elliott. John Elliot was born in 1795 & by 1841 was living in Western Bank & was in partnership with Joseph Elliot until about 1850. By 1851, he was living & working in Townhead Street. At The Great Exhibition in 1851, he displayed razors so thin, he claimed they never needed grinding again & had ornate razors with gold & silver backs. John Elliot, razor manufacturer, died in 17 Feb 1858 at 63 years old.
I got that information out of one of my reference books.

Thank you very much, hadn't even found that much. Got a bargain for three pounds then. Mr Glynn at restored razors has sharpened it and it is on its way back to me. He says my scales are ivory. Do look to have a bit more grain pattern and some staining as on old ivory. Do you think this would fit with the dates of John Elliots work?