Thread: George Wostenholm & Sons IXL know nothing?

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Thanks bouschie. I checked there and there was a bunch of information but I didn't see anything on one with this etching. Maybe I should specify that I meant specifically this razor with this etching.

Definitely a presidential razor.

Originally Posted by Martin103

Definitely a presidential razor.

Interesting that you should mention that Martin. I just came back to post that I did a search under just the term "Know Nothing" with no reference to the razor or maker and found references to the Know Nothing Movement. If this is in fact a presidential razor then it is likely related to the election of 1856 supporting ex-president Millard Fillmore as the candidate for the American Party, The party supporting the Know Nothing Movement. Here is a link to an article that I found on Wikipedia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing
If that is what this etching refers to then that dates this razor at no later than 1859 and likely years earlier.

Naw, it's a Schultze razor.

Bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmzsWxPLIOo

Originally Posted by BobH

Naw, it's a Schultze razor.

Bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmzsWxPLIOo

I was waiting for that one. Should have known you wouldn't disappoint me Bob.

All kidding aside, that is an interesting and big razor. Have fun with it.

Bob

Maybe this can help, Paul

Don't matter.....Its a Wosty.! My favorite.!!

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

If that is what this etching refers to then that dates this razor at no later than 1859 and likely years earlier.

Looking at the razor in question i would say that the dating is quite close to this time period.

I looked through all the pages of the catalog that Mike sent me but didn't see this etching anywhere which makes sense if it's a commemorative one.
From what I have read so far about the Kno Nothing movement, which I'm fairly convinced this is commemorative of, it should be fairly easy to narrow this down to a period between 1854 and 1860 but actually probably 1859 because the movement was completely dead and dissolved in 1860. More than likely it was sometime either in or just before the election of 1856. I say all this because if that's true it's very rare that you can narrow down the age that closely. Most often it's a 10 or more likely 20 year span that your estimating.

I didn't find this one in the catalog either, Paul.

WHOA! Take a look at that wicked looking thing. Very cool Mike. Thanks for the help by the way.