Thread: Idea of age on a Classifieds razor

Here is a link that might get you close to the date;

Straight Razor Manufacturers and Dates of Operation

Finding an exact date is next to impossible.

Originally Posted by DoughBoy68

Here is a link that might get you close to the date;

Straight Razor Manufacturers and Dates of Operation

Finding an exact date is next to impossible.

Thanks.

I'll have to find a link to the article I was referencing earlier. If I combine the "Washington Works" with what the article said about the frame backs then it appears somewhere between 1848 and 1870. If that's as close as I can get it then that's good to me.

Here is another link you might want to save for future reference;

Information Links

Originally Posted by CharlieTN

Thanks.

I'll have to find a link to the article I was referencing earlier. If I combine the "Washington Works" with what the article said about the frame backs then it appears somewhere between 1848 and 1870. If that's as close as I can get it then that's good to me.

I'd like to see this article too, if you can find the link.

Here is one of the articles I've read. I'm still looking for the one that spoke more about the framebacks.

STRAZORS.com - all about classic razors - George Wostenholm & Son, Sheffield.

The article said that they, the framebacks from Wostenholm, were most popular around 1850.

The article says about another type of framebacks - real framebacks, with removable blade.



Your razor is with removable spine. Similar razors you can find in the Wostenholm catalog of 1885.

Manah, thanks for the further information. I knew it was at least prior to 1891 due to the "Sheffield" only marking but was a bit confused after that.

I do greatly appreciate everyone's input and help.

Originally Posted by manah

The article says about another type of framebacks - real framebacks, with removable blade.

Your razor is with removable spine. Similar razors you can find in the Wostenholm catalog of 1885.

So would mine not be considered a frame back or does it have a different name?

Originally Posted by CharlieTN

So would mine not be considered a frame back or does it have a different name?

No, it's a frameback. There were a variety of styles produced that are all 'true' framebacks.

I tend to think of the one you have as a Swedish style, but I suspect Sheffield was producing them first. I would guess yours was made between 1850 and 1880. More precise than that is really difficult without tracing owners, and even that (in the rare instances that it's possible) is no sure guarantee of when it was made.