Thread: Unknown Sheffield Blade...Any Ideas?

I received this blade in a lot of three very nice razors. It was the spine and thumb notch that drew my eye to this one in particular. I cannot read the tang fully, but it appears to be a rectangle with (top to bottom) ...NNEY ...IELD ...ANTED

I translate this to ...NNEY SHEFFIELD WARRANTED



Based on the lack of any mention of England, I am under the impression that the blade is pre-1891. I am not sure if it was rescaled, because the scales are just regular black plastic that remind me of my Aust 5/8 round.

Do any of you have an idea what Sheffield cutler ended with "NNEY"? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ahh I want to say Finney :<0)

At a guess Frederick Finney.

Bob

I agree with Bob H. F. Fenny, Talley - Ho. I have a bid on one on the bay now.

Excellent!! Thanks guys! I just did a search and saw a couple of tangs with the rectangle saying "FENNEY SHEFFIELD WARRANTED". I sure wish the "Talley-Ho" portion would have survived. I can't wait to clean her up and put her back to work.

Holy crap! I just did some more reading, and learned that the company was sold (and name changed) after Fenney's death in 1852. I guess this means that the blade (likely not the scales) is >160 years old! She sure is looking good for that age. Must have been well taken care of. Now I really can't wait to get working on her. I think I'll go right now!

In case anyone was wondering how it came out. It looks pretty good so far. Certainly the easiest clean up so far of all of my attempts. Would hone it tonight, but will wait until tomorrow as I don't want to rush it. She's a real beaut! Thanks again guys!

Well done!

Originally Posted by Steel

Well done!

Thank you very much sir. I'm starting to get the hang of this. Next step is to learn how to re-scale blades.