Thread: J.Rose !!! Who is this guy ?

Originally Posted by BobH

Yes, my Thomas Turner SR from that area sure shows his Sheffield background. Fine shaver too.

Sorry about the double post above, can't figure how to delete it.

Bob

Bob, if you can still edit it, you can delete it. Once you click edit, you will find a delete button down below. You click on delete, then another part comes up that says delete message. Click on that, you copy & paste what you put from the post then hit delete & it will be gone.

Thanks gents, that was realy helpfull. I will post more pics when the razor arrives safely.

Originally Posted by AljuwaiedAK

Thanks gents, that was realy helpfull. I will post more pics when the razor arrives safely.

FYI, a collector friend of mine bought that J. Rose razor because it was identical to a W&B he had plus he likes things that are 'unusual' or 'different' and that one fit in both categories. He did the scales but had me to pin it for him as he was just learning and didn't want to screw up those nice washers. I'm pretty sure it is a Sheffield razor but as mention in some of the previous posts not much is known about it and I can only recall seeing a couple of them the past 6 years that I've been into str8 razors.

I was going to contact him a short time ago to see if he wanted to sell it but didn't get around to it. Apparently he sold it and several others in a lot recently. When I saw it posted here I knew it was too late for me to ask if he wanted to sell it but I did contact him to let him know where it was going and he thought that was pretty cool.

Funny, we have not seen a tang-stamp photo yet? So far, Wolfpack has it. American by English immigrant cutler.

I found John Rose Jr & Joseph Rose, both say Wadsley (near Sheffield) but 1787.
John might be the son of Joseph & could have made the razor in later years if it indeed was made by him.

http://www.sha.org/assets/documents/...0Tableware.pdf

Originally Posted by DoughBoy68

FYI, a collector friend of mine bought that J. Rose razor because it was identical to a W&B he had plus he likes things that are 'unusual' or 'different' and that one fit in both categories.

I think this is the razor you have pinned DoughBoy, the friend how traded it with me lives in TN too , he said that he traded it in a festival (or some sort of a very long flea market I forgot the name of it actually) from a gentleman who walked with tons and tons of straight razors and razor stuff.

Thank you very much for adding this story to the razor, I would be very interested in knowing more information about this particular razor if possible like who he found it ? Where ? ....etc


Thanks again,

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Funny, we have not seen a tang-stamp photo yet? So far, Wolfpack has it. American by English immigrant cutler.

I haven't received it yet , but I should have it by mid of next week. Once I get it I will post more pictures.

Originally Posted by engine46

I found John Rose Jr & Joseph Rose, both say Wadsley (near Sheffield) but 1787
John might be the son of Joseph.

http://www.sha.org/assets/documents/...0Tableware.pdf

Does this means the razor was made in England not MA, United States as some suggested ?

Believe it or not he bought the razor off eBay! After receiving it he wanted to try sealing a razor in Epoxy, so, basically that J. Rose was part of an experiment. Instead of experimenting with sealing a well know quality razor like a Wade & Butcher in Epoxy he figured the J. Rose would make a better candidate.

I believe he did some honing on the J. Rose also. He is in the early stages of honing and doesn't do a bad job but if you plan on shaving with it you may want to have it professionally honed unless you are a proficient honer. You might test shave it first, it could already be shave ready.......

Originally Posted by AljuwaiedAK

Does this means the razor was made in England not MA, United States as some suggested ?

It is only a possibility. It may not even be from either of those I mentioned but that is a site I accidentally stumbled across not too long ago but they do mention many famous razor makers. The maker could have been from Sheffield originally but could have moved to the United States as well to continue his work here.