Thread: G.B. Kent &Sons razor.....any ideas?

Originally Posted by BigBadRyals

Thanks guys for the awesome info!

So from what I can tell from the two links you both gave me...may not ever figure out who actually made the blade, but from all indications, it was made somewhere between 1774 and 1851. Would love to figure out the significance of the spine stamp.

Again, thanks a bunch guys.

Glad to have been able to help out.

That company has been around since the late 1700s and is still around today. Looking at the razor's style, and again a guess, it could have been made from the late 1800s and into the 1900s sometime. I do not think it is any earlier than that.

Bob

Not arguing with you at all, as I know there really isno way to tell without knowing who made it. I was only basing that age range on the shape of the monkey tail, the fact that it is stamped with Marlborough St (which they moved from in 1851), no origin stamp, and it looks alot like a Wm Greaves razor I have that is from the mid 1800s.


Thank you again for all theinfo.

Originally Posted by BigBadRyals

Not arguing with you at all, as I know there really isno way to tell without knowing who made it. I was only basing that age range on the shape of the monkey tail, the fact that it is stamped with Marlborough St (which they moved from in 1851), no origin stamp, and it looks alot like a Wm Greaves razor I have that is from the mid 1800s.


Thank you again for all theinfo.

That is a good point about the move in 1851. I must of zoomed right by that. That is the thing with old SRs, even if you know the maker, it's hard to pin down an exact date of manufacture. You are lucky to narrow it down to within a couple of decades for production date. Should be a nice shaver once you get her cleaned up and homed.

Bob

Seven day sets usually had the days of the week etched on the spine.
I wonder if yours was part of a seven day set that was numbered 1-7 ?

Originally Posted by bongo

Seven day sets usually had the days of the week etched on the spine.
I wonder if yours was part of a seven day set that was numbered 1-7 ?

Great point. Never crossed my mind.