Thread: Does anyone recognize any of these

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.