Thread: Early Razors and Dating them.....or not

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Funny how a firm's name is bought out and new, outsourced products come to fore for a while.

I have a Rowland and Marcellus razor. Not the typical product from them!

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...p-2-print.html

The link is not working properly and is incomplete.
Hopefully it is not lost?

That thread just reminded me how much I miss Neil.

On a happier note, that look into the apprentice registry turned up an interesting and unrelated tidbit. There was a Samuel Kirkby in the 1760's who was apprenticed to Robert Rowland (which is why your razor reminded me, Tom).

Robert Roland is a tiny step forward in sorting out Ann, Elizabeth, and Sleigh Rowland.

Unfortunately, he mostly just adds another name to the pile without a clear indication of who or what relationship he had with the others.