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09-19-2019, 11:52 PM #1
George Wostenholm & Sons IXL know nothing?
I saw this lot on eBay and bought it mainly because of this Wosty.
Does anybody know anything about this one? I could not find another single example of it anywhere. It looks like an 8/8 with a pretty nice etching on it. hardly any rust at all and the scales look to be in pretty good condition.
Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. PR 27:17
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09-20-2019, 01:00 AM #2
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09-20-2019, 02:27 AM #3Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. PR 27:17
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09-20-2019, 02:31 AM #4
Here's a closer pic of the etching.
Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. PR 27:17
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09-20-2019, 03:11 AM #5
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09-20-2019, 03:30 AM #6
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.Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend. PR 27:17
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09-20-2019, 04:32 AM #7
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Thanked: 3226Naw, it's a Schultze razor.
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09-20-2019, 04:43 AM #8
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09-20-2019, 10:47 AM #9
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Thanked: 3226All kidding aside, that is an interesting and big razor. Have fun with it.
BobLife is a terminal illness in the end
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09-20-2019, 01:06 PM #10
Maybe this can help, Paul
Don't matter.....Its a Wosty.! My favorite.!!
Last edited by outback; 09-20-2019 at 01:18 PM.
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