Thread: The Connaught Razor.

Hey, I'm new to all of this and I ordered a sheffield connaught razor. I found a place that told the history of them and it said they finished making them in 1919 and that they were razors for the english army in WWI... It reads: The Connaught Razor Abram Brooksbank Malinda Works Sheffield and has a small cannon with the word "defiance" under it. Apparently it has been polished since they sent it to me. It looks very nice though. it has a white celluloid handle.

Where did you get it?

I found it on ebay at an antique store's account. It's very nice looking. I'll post a pic later.

Good, I did a quick search on yahoo and didnt see anything helpful

Originally Posted by geoffreyt

Good, I did a quick search on yahoo and didnt see anything helpful

yes. that is a problem. I couldn't find the same page today but I found it when I bought the razor. I looked for quite a while to find it. It was about the equipment of the english military in WWI and it had this exact razor in it, with the creme celluloid scales and everything. It's just strange how well the condition of this razor is. I have to purchase the rest of the things I need and get it honed before I can try and start using it. It looks like someone put this razor up somewhere safe for a long time or something. They apparently polished it before they sent it to me which is alright because I planned on doing that myself.

Since you, as myself, seem new to honing I would recommend that you pick a forum member that hones and ship your razor to him to sharpen. Its usually quick and quite inexpensive. That way you will begin with a shave ready razor. Unless you have some experience in honing it is well worth your added expense to let someone do it. That way you will have the experience of a nice sharp razor to compare to.

Abram Brooksbank was born in London in 1822. He moved to Sheffield in 1847. Brooksbank bought the business of William Hoole and established the firm of Hoole & Brooksbank, in Malinda Street, in 1849. His trademark was the word "DEFIANCE" and a picture of a field gun. At the end of the 1880s the firm took the name of Abram Brooksbank & Co. Brooksbank died in 1896. His firm continued operating in Malinda Street until 1932, when it was taken over by the Eye Witness Works in Milton Street. The company was still listed until 1965.

Duncan.

thanks for all the information guys! I'm still looking at options of people to hone it for me. I really appreciate all the info. I'll post a pic tomorrow.

I found a couple of other interesting links. here is a case where he got 6 lbs of steel stolen from hem... hahaha.


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