Thread: Razor I.D & Video

Today I fully and partially restored a couple of stub tails .
A Plum Worcester of which I cannot find any info . There are a few Plums but not in Worcester .
There is also a couple of HD videos of my putting an edge to it..

Also a Robinson , partially restored.. No info on this one either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBV5vAvYX6s&t=603s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CTgyvbJm-s

The Robinson seems to be a E H Robinson of Bishopsgate.
A road I know well.
The Plum Worcester is proving a bit more difficult to nail down..

Originally Posted by JOB15

The Robinson seems to be a E H Robinson of Bishopsgate.
A road I know well.
The Plum Worcester is proving a bit more difficult to nail down..

That would be Robert Bagshaw Plum, son of James.

James was brother of George and Robert Plum who worked out of Bristol. They were all in partnership, but went their separate ways in 1823.

George and Robert remained in Bristol and worked as cutlers for the rest of their lives, and got their children in on the gig too, still producing goods up to the 1880's.

James however lit off for far-away Worcester not long after the brothers rolled up their partnership. The 1841 census is not very legible, but does show him living in Worcester and working as a cutler. Here's the much more legible 1851 census:



He's right at the top.

James died 17th May, 1853. I'm not so hot at deciphering 19th century English wills, but it doesn't look like he left his son anything!



Intriguingly Bagshaw was a Sheffield cutler in the 1820's who picked up shop and moved to Liverpool to avail himself of the export business without the middlemen providing transit. Possibly just a coincidence, but maybe not.

Robert was born in 1838 and definitely followed in his father's footsteps.

Here's Robert Bagshaw Plum in the 1861 census



Though, a master cutler employing 2 men is very modest.

Robert had four children, three sons and a daughter. Only one son continued the trade, Frank Moreland Plum.

Robert Bagshaw died on Christmas of 1893.

Frank was still a working cutler in 1921.

He died in 1948.

I'd guess your razor is from the 1870's or so and feel pretty confident it was the product of Robert Bagshaw Plum.

Wow! I am certain I have a Bagshaw somewhere!
Cool!

Wow , really interesting info.
It paints a picture in my mind like an episode of Peaky Blinders haha.

It gives a lot of meaning to a makers stamp.
Many thanks.

Would this be the same Bagshaw?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Would this be the same Bagshaw?

I can’t quite make out the full stamp on those, but it looks likely! He and his sons were in business for a looooong time. These are 1870’s:

Nice ones! My pair just have Bagshaw and Sons.