Thread: I have this antique razor but i know nothing about it!

Based on the grind it dates from the mid 1870's but it is possible it is an earlier blade that has been reground. The one on the scale tells me it was part of a set. Maybe two razors. In 1822 John Pearce was listed on Gibraltar St. By the 1830's John Pearce (I old English J) was working from Angle St. where he combined razor manufacture with cutlery dealing. In 1851 he was listed as a razor manufacturer on Angle St. employing nine men. His daughter married Henry Hobson who became the John Pearce & Co. manager. John Pearce died 23 March 1860 at age 63. Henry Hobson & Sons continued to trade as John Pearce & Co. until the early 1870's then later used the trade name and mark JP into the 1920's. There were other possible members of the Pearce family that worked on Gibraltar St. There is a Joseph Pearce Jr. listed in 1817 and died in 1838.