Thread: Albionyte

I just bought a straight razor with Albionyte on the blade. I can’t find anything about it. Does anybody have any information?

Can’t believe someone has not responded. Been watching for some info myself . Haven’t heard of this one before. I am sure someone will have an answer. Sorry.

Originally Posted by cycklon500

Can’t believe someone has not responded. Been watching for some info myself . Haven’t heard of this one before. I am sure someone will have an answer. Sorry.

It must be fairly rare.

There's only so much you can tell about a razor with so little information...

I have a hard time reading the tang.
Is it REAL hollow ground Ockham razor ?
That would be funny as hell, more so with the term "albionyte"

Clear pics of all tang stamps, front and rear may be helpful

Well FWIW Albion is an old obscure name for the Island of Britain and a mythical giant king named for it or who named the island after himself.

Well not that obscure seen from here.
Albion in that case has the same root as Albinism, albumin etc.
More or less it means "the white country". Supposedly, it refers to the white of the cliffs of Dover.

We are shitty neighbours mostly (or have been for centuries anyway), and the UK has won the nickname of "perfidious Albion" among the French and the German. We seldom use it out of this context these days, which is why I did not readily go this way.

But yeah, Albionyte would infer that this razor is somehow inspired by GB. And at the same time from my French point of view, that can only be a jab. Which is why I searched among the potential French jabs, but found nothing.

Until further information, my money is on Chinese or German

It also has ancient Greek roots apparently. A son of Neptune or something. Interesting perspective on the French perspective though.

It reminds of razors emblazoned with the name of hotels.
Lots of Albion hotels come up. Perhaps one which no longer exists??

Thinking of the way words were used in the past I have seen where yte at the end of the word as a suffix has same meaning as ite.
Likely a time or language thing with the diff..

Saw this....
"(sometimes derogatory) Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc.
Adamsite, Campbellite, Jacobite, laborite, Mansonite, Reaganite, Thatcherite"

So having come from the Albion, it has the properties of Albionite Hence the title of The Albionite.

Yeah. That!

Even in the present you might get some blades marked Snail forge or Zowada, Tim