Thread: Hoping for some info on a Joseph Brammer straight among others

Hiya,

Man, it's been forever since last posting here. I never did end up using a straight instead of DEs and injectors, but that doesn't mean I don't have a couple laying around the arsenal....sheesh.

Anyway I picked up a few odd ducks the other day and was naturally interested in their history. Heavy blades on a few with some cleaning up needed for all, but no pitting and the edges are fine. Probably ivory scales I would guess. I will include some gruesomely not good pics.

So one's got Joseph Brammer written and then some strange little series of marks that both sides has. Got a few small nuggets from doing a search here and elsewhere but not much on Mr Brammen, although he was a Limey and lived in the 1800s.

Also here's a few pics of another heavy straight that says Swedish Razor and that's it. Plus, a couple pics of a matched set by Mappin & Webb just for the heck of it.

Anyway, whatcha think about them things], and thanks for any answers in advance,

Martin

Brammer, Joseph. Earlier mark. Sheffield, c. 1810-30.

Nice score!

Hey thanks for the posts.......is that it then?

The Brammer doesn't look ivory to me as they were usually pinned collarless AFAIK but more likely on the pair. nice razors BTW!

Yes, excellent score...early one to by the looks of it...ivory scales....should clean up spectacularly...congrats!

The Brammer is in celluloid scales, much later replacements. Other than the replacement scales, it's in very good condition!

The strange marks on the blade end of the tang are simply decorative elements.

He was in business from the early 1820's until 1850. He died in 1864, aged 71. This razor looks to be one of his later efforts, which I had previously never seen.

Earlier razors by him are typically also stamped with his trademark, PERSEPOLIS.

He lost his young wife Harriet and their newborn son in 1830, but remarried later that year, to Elizabeth Ainsley.

In 1831 he declared and was granted insolvency.

He's quite difficult to trace after that, apparently next appearing in the press in 1859 after marrying Elizabeth Marshall, though it's entirely possible that was his son.

The short version is that Brammer was a much lesser-known Sheffield cutler.

Well thanks to y'all for the encouragement and for the hard for me to find info about my stuff. I knew there was a reason I kept those SRP membership dues current all these years! No more expensive than a small boat when you add all the 10 years of annual payments up.

Feel free to add any additional comments and thank you again,

Martin


Ohhh, Voidmeister, how do you get to reside in Pacifica? Man, when I lived in Marin in the 70s that place had some nice beaches we would visit for the day.

Originally Posted by De Layne

Well thanks to y'all for the encouragement and for the hard for me to find info about my stuff. I knew there was a reason I kept those SRP membership dues current all these years! No more expensive than a small boat when you add all the 10 years of annual payments up.

Feel free to add any additional comments and thank you again,

Martin


Ohhh, Voidmeister, how do you get to reside in Pacifica? Man, when I lived in Marin in the 70s that place had some nice beaches we would visit for the day.

My wife and I moved here a bit over a year ago. We live up on the ridge, not down by the beaches. Kind of where Pacifica, Daly City and South City all butt up against each other.

I love it here, even if the constant ocean fog eats anything metal I leave outside. (Ya know, things like... Doorknobs).