Thread: Lund Cornhill Shaving Set

Friends, I have received my newly acquired Lund Cornhill Shaving Travelling set. This is what I have gathered about Lund Cornhill. They are a nineteenth century company that started in the early 1800's and fell out after 1929, They specialized in turned ivory, boxes for jewelry and vanity, and later corkscrews and knives. I could not find other examples on the internet of leather bound travelling sets but several beautiful boxes. The set seems to be mostly intact but is missing the bottom cap of the shave brush and I assume it came with 3 strops or 2 razors as there is a Moore razor in one of the places. The scales of the razor are ivory but the brushes are bone. The beard brush looks unused! Not a single hair or show of dirt on it. The Moore razor still has the mirror appearance where the rust is not present. The strop with wood thumb grip is in lovely supple shape. The Criterion strop has nicks all over the one side I could not find much info on the criterion strop with the exception it was around in the early 1800's as well and was deemed a very good product. It still has a sparkly luster to it The Lund frameback has a decent sized nick in it.

So, now my questions for the well versed.

Should I breadknife trhe Lund to get it out and loose a ton of steel? What would be your approach?

What info is out there on Moore 22 Tichborne St. London? When were they around? I found that Pigall took over the address and shares the same stamp. When?

Nice set

Very nice score. What a great piece of history.

Nice set you got. Too bad about the chip. I usually go at the side of the hone with a chip that deep . A motion like your trying to cut through the stone. It helps me keep the profile of the edge the same. When I get close to the end of the chip I then start the bread knife action slowly laying it down to set the bevel as it progresses out the chip. Just seems faster and safer to me. I have it in my mind that if I x-stroke off the stone and catch the edge of the chip it might crack. May be all wrong in other's opinion but that's just how I learned to do it with my first repair and it has worked well for me.

A sweet find, indeed!

The artist in me especially likes the calligraphic imprint on the scales... master craftsmanship, with old world flair!