Thread: Christmas surprise!

My father in law found some straights at a flea market, and gave them to me for Christmas. A couple were just run of the mill hollow grinds, but then there was this one:



It was rusted, but otherwise looks unused! I took off the scales, which were damaged beyond repair, and cleaned off the rust to reveal the tang stamps and etch.
It is a wedge stamped
G. Wostenholm & son
Sheffield
The etch reads "the original and true pipe razor manufactured only by George Wostenholm and Son Washington Works Sheffield
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I am dating this one around 1850-1870 based on the stamp and the grind?? There is some fairly heavy damage towards the edge, and I am still trying to decide if I want to go full restore or just leave it as is and give it new scales.
Thanks for letting me share, my wife was tuning me out

Sounds nice. Pics?

Nice pipe razor. I need to do more shopping for pieces to restore, getting bored. Would love to get my hands on a Greaves 8/8+, but they always fall short an 1/8th or so.

Yep, nice gift! It didn't happen though without pictures!

Am I the only one that sees the pictures?

I don't see anything.

Pics showed up as i was reading the post. Neet magic trick.

Originally Posted by Gasman

Pics showed up as i was reading the post. Neet magic trick.

must be something wrong with my computer

Can everyone see them now? I just double checked them

Don't see them either

Bob